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For fiscal year 2006, the Corporation shall make any 
significant changes to program requirements or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2006, during any grant selection process, no officer 
or employee of the Corporation shall knowingly disclose 
any covered grant selection information regarding such se-
lection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an 
officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized 
by the Corporation to receive such information. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available to the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting for fiscal year 2006 by Public Law 
108–199, $100,000,000 is rescinded; up to $30,000,000 
is available for grants associated with the transition of 
public television to digital broadcasting including costs re-
lated to transmission equipment and program production, 
development, and distribution, to be awarded as deter-
mined by the Corporation in consultation with public tele-
vision licensees or permittees, or their designated rep-
resentatives, and up to $52,000,000 is available pursuant 
to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, for replacement and upgrade of the public 
television interconnection system: Provided, That section
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396(k)(3) shall apply only to amounts remaining after the 
allocations made herein. 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 
1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions
specified
by
that
Act,
for
fiscal
year
2008, 
$400,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall 
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms 
of entertainment for Government officials or employees: 
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this 
paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any 
program or activity from which any person is excluded, 
or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the 
basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested 
in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 
U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Man-
agement Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and 
for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,
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Public Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $42,331,000: Pro-
vided,
That
notwithstanding
U.S.C.
3302,
fees 
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training ac-
tivities and other conflict resolution services and technical 
assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration 
services shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 
of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 
within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
$7,809,000.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996, $249,640,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $10,168,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 
Funds. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND 
INFORMATION SCIENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the National Commission 
on Libraries and Information Science, established by the 
Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended), 
$993,000. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, as amended, $2,800,000.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 
U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, $252,268,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or 
used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of 
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the 
Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amend-
ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em-
ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of 
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main-
tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at 
least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby 
is used for farming purposes. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–
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188), including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $11,628,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and
Health
Review
Commission
(29
U.S.C.
661), 
$10,510,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $97,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2006 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds $97,000,000: Provided, That the 
total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 ap-
proximately equal amounts on the first day of each month 
in the fiscal year.
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FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2007, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act 
and
the
Railroad
Unemployment
Insurance
Act, 
$102,543,000, to be derived in such amounts as deter-
mined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts 
and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment 
insurance administration fund. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, not more than $7,196,000, to be derived from 
the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy-
ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available in any other paragraph of this Act may
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be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such 
transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, of-
fice supplies, communications facilities or services, mainte-
nance services, or administrative services for the Office; 
used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel 
of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of 
the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service 
provided, or expense incurred, by the Office. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust 
funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,470,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$29,533,174,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.
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For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2007, $11,110,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$9,159,700,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That 
not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social Security 
Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 
of fiscal year 2006 not needed for fiscal year 2006 shall 
remain available until expended to invest in the Social Se-
curity Administration information technology and tele-
communications hardware and software infrastructure, in-
cluding related equipment and non-payroll administrative 
expenses associated solely with this information technology 
and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading
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for expenditures for official time for employees of the So-
cial Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of 
title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regu-
lations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of 
such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
with interest, from amounts in the general fund not other-
wise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expendi-
tures are made. 
In addition, $119,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 
that the amounts collected pursuant to such section 
1616(d)
or
212(b)(3)
in
fiscal
year
2006
exceed 
$119,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 
2007 only to the extent provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act (Public Law 108–203), which shall remain 
available until expended.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $26,000,000, together 
with not to exceed $66,805,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social 
Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for 
the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for 
which they were originally appropriated.
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SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including 
by private contractor, other than for normal and recog-
nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before the Congress or any State legis-
lature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 
legislature itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation 
or appropriations pending before the Congress or any 
State legislature. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 
are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 
and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 
official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is
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authorized to make available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 
available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service’’; and the Chairman of the Na-
tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses, National Mediation Board’’. 
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
used to carry out any program of distributing sterile nee-
dles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal 
drug. 
SEC. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, 
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 
State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and
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(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 
this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended 
for any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, 
and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for 
health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abor-
tion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider 
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment. 
SEC. 508. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including
a
life-endangering
physical
condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that
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would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 
matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan,
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or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 
allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 
CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 
embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 
as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 
parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 
more human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 
legalization of any drug or other substance included in 
schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-
lished by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 812).
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(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 
that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 
to determine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320d–2(b)) providing for, or providing for the as-
signment of, a unique health identifier for an individual 
(except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a 
health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifi-
cally approving the standard. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by para-
graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
9134(f)), as amended by the Children’s Internet Protec-
tions Act, unless such library has made the certifications 
required by paragraph (4) of such section.
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SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be made available 
to any elementary or secondary school covered by para-
graph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
6777(a)), as amended by the Children’s Internet Protec-
tions Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the 
local educational agency with responsibility for such cov-
ered school has made the certifications required by para-
graph (2) of such section. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to enter into an arrangement under section 
7(b)(4) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 
231f(b)(4)) with a nongovernmental financial institution 
to serve as disbursing agent for benefits payable under 
the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. 
SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs;
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming or of an announcement of intent relating to 
such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities;
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(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming or of an announcement of intent relating to 
such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. 
SEC. 517. Section 1015(b) of Public Law 108–173 
is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 
SEC. 518. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for the payment or reimbursement, 
including payment or reimbursement under the programs 
described in subsection (b), of a drug that is prescribed 
to an individual described in subsection (c) for the treat-
ment of sexual or erectile dysfunction. 
(b) The programs described in this subsection are the 
medicaid program, the medicare program, and health re-
lated programs funded under the Public Health Service 
Act. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is an 
individual who has a conviction for sexual abuse, sexual
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assault, or any other sexual offense, and includes any indi-
vidual who is registered (or who is a person required to 
register) under section 170101 or 170102 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 14071, 14072). 
SEC. 519. The amounts otherwise provided in this 
Act for the following accounts and activities are hereby 
reduced by the following amounts, and none of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used to carry out the 
rescission specified in this Act under the heading ‘‘Cor-
poration for Public Broadcasting’’: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Training and Employment 
Services’’, $58,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Labor, Departmental Man-
agement, Salaries and Expenses’’, $4,640,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Health Resources and Services’’, $2,920,000. 
(4) ‘‘Department of Education, Higher Edu-
cation’’, $27,000,000. 
(5) ‘‘Department of Education, Departmental 
Management,
Program
Administration’’, 
$8,380,000.
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SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce Determination ED–OIG/A05– 
D0008 of the Department of Education. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 
to enforce or implement the ‘‘Settlement Agreement By 
and Among UAL Corporation and all Direct and Indirect 
Subsidiaries and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’’, 
dated April 22, 2005. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to place social security account numbers 
on identification cards issued to beneficiaries under the 
medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse, or provide reimbursement, 
for Viagra, Levitra, or Cialis. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available under 
this Act to the Department of Education may be expended 
in contravention of section 505 of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1623). 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the National Institute of Mental 
Health for any of the following grants:
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(1) Grant number MH060105 (Perceived Re-
gard and Relationship Resilience in Newlyweds). 
(2)
Grant
number
MH047313
(Perceptual 
Bases of Visual Concepts in Pigeons). 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement any strategic plan under 
section 3 of Executive Order No. 13335 (regarding inter-
operable health information technology) that does not re-
quire the Department of Health and Human Services to 
give notice to any patient whose information maintained 
by the Department under the strategic plan is lost, stolen, 
or used for a purpose other than the purpose for which 
the information was collected. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Health and Human 
Services to appoint an individual to a Federal advisory 
committee on the basis of political affiliation, unless re-
quired by Federal statute. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments under a to-
talization agreement with Mexico which are inconsistent 
with Federal law.
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SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to administer or pay any special allow-
ance under section 438(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)) with respect 
to— 
(1) any loan made or purchased after the date 
of enactment of this Act; 
(2) any loan that had not qualified before such 
date of enactment for receipt of a special allowance 
payment determined under section 438(b)(2)(B) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965; or 
(3) any loan made or purchased before such 
date of enactment with funds described in the first 
or second sentence of section 438(b)(2)(B)(i) of such 
Act if— 
(A) the obligation described in the first 
such sentence has, after such date of enact-
ment, matured, or been retired or defeased; or 
(B) the maturity date or the date of retire-
ment of the obligation described in the first 
such sentence has, after such date of enact-
ment, been extended. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998, the Denali Commission Act of 1998, and the 
Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupa-
tions Act of 1992, including the purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and re-
pair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of 
real property for training centers as authorized by the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998; $2,787,806,000 plus re-
imbursements, of which $1,791,518,000 is available for obli-
gation for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007; 
except that amounts determined by the Secretary of Labor 
to be necessary pursuant to sections 173(a)(4)(A) and 
174(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 shall be 
available from October 1, 2005 until expended; and of which 
$986,288,000 is available for obligation for the period April 
1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, to carry out chapter 4 of 
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and of which
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$10,000,000 is available for the period July 1, 2006 through 
June 30, 2007 for necessary expenses of construction, reha-
bilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
funds provided herein under section 137(c) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, $282,800,000 shall be for activities 
described in section 132(a)(2)(A) of such Act and 
$1,193,264,000 shall be for activities described in section 
132(a)(2)(B) 
of 
such 
Act: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$125,000,000 shall be available for Community-Based Job 
Training Grants, which shall be from funds reserved under 
section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 and shall be used to carry out such grants under sec-
tion 171(d) of such Act, except that the 10 percent limita-
tion otherwise applicable to the amount of funds that may 
be used to carry out section 171(d) shall not be applicable 
to funds used for Community-Based Job Training grants: 
Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 
132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may 
be used to provide assistance to a State for State-wide or 
local use in order to address cases where there have been 
worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across mul-
tiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-
ordinate the State workforce development plan with emerg-
ing economic development needs; and train such eligible dis-
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located workers: Provided further, That $7,936,000 shall be 
for carrying out section 172 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998: Provided further, That $982,000 shall be for 
carrying out Public Law 102–530: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regu-
lation, $80,557,000 shall be for carrying out section 167 
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including 
$75,053,000 for formula grants, $5,000,000 for migrant and 
seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for permanent housing), and $504,000 for other discre-
tionary purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
the transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) of such Act, 
up to 30 percent of such funds may be transferred by a 
local board if approved by the Governor: Provided further, 
That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be used for dem-
onstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants 
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, 
That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used 
to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property 
for 
training 
centers 
as 
authorized 
by 
the 
Act;
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$2,463,000,000 
plus 
reimbursements, 
of 
which 
$2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the period Oc-
tober 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, and of which 
$100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2006 
through June 30, 2009, for necessary expenses of construc-
tion, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers. 
Of the funds provided under this heading in Public 
Law 108–7 to carry out section 173(a)(4)(A) of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998, $20,000,000 are rescinded. 
Of the funds provided under this heading in Public 
Law 107–38, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 
The Secretary of Labor shall take no action to amend, 
through regulatory or administration action, the definition 
established in 20 CFR 667.220 for functions and activities 
under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 until 
such time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965, as amended, $436,678,000. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade 
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
and section 246; and for training, allowances for job search 
and relocation, and related State administrative expenses 
under part II of chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
(including the benefits and services described under sections
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123(c)(2) and 151(b) and (c) of the Trade Adjustment As-
sistance Reform Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210), 
$966,400,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15 of the 
current year. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $132,825,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,326,954,000 (including not 
to exceed $1,228,000 which may be used for amortization 
payments to States which had independent retirement plans 
in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980, 
and including $10,000,000 which may be used to conduct 
in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments of un-
employment insurance beneficiaries by State unemploy-
ment insurance employees in one-stop career centers), which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund includ-
ing the cost of administering section 51 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, as amended, section 7(d) of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, as amended, and of which the sums available 
in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of the 
Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504), and
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the sums available in the allocation for necessary adminis-
trative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall 
be available for obligation by the States through December 
31, 2006, except that funds used for automation acquisi-
tions shall be available for obligation by the States through 
September 30, 2008; of which $132,825,000, together with 
not to exceed $723,188,000 of the amount which may be 
expended from said trust fund, shall be available for obliga-
tion for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, 
to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amend-
ed, including the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39 
U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of 
allotments for such purpose: Provided, That to the extent 
that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) 
for fiscal year 2006 is projected by the Department of Labor 
to exceed 2,800,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall be 
available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the 
AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any incre-
ment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security Ad-
ministration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
which are used to establish a national one-stop career center 
system, or which are used to support the national activities 
of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or immigra-
tion programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants or
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agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this Act for activities authorized 
under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title III of 
the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund 
integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insur-
ance automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation 
principles prescribed under Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–87. 
In addition to amounts made available above, and sub-
ject to the same terms and conditions, $10,000,000 to con-
duct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments of 
unemployment insurance beneficiaries by State unemploy-
ment insurance employees in one-stop career centers, and 
$30,000,000 to prevent and detect fraudulent unemploy-
ment benefits claims filed using personal information stolen 
from unsuspecting workers: Provided, That not later than 
180 days following the end of fiscal year 2006, the Secretary 
shall provide a report to the Congress which includes: 
(1) the amount spent for in-person reemployment 
and eligibility assessments of UI beneficiaries in One- 
Stop Career Centers, as well as funds made available 
and expended to prevent and detect fraudulent claims 
for unemployment benefits filed using workers’ stolen 
personal information;
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(2) the number of scheduled in-person reemploy-
ment and eligibility assessments, the number of indi-
viduals who failed to appear for scheduled assess-
ments, actions taken as a result of individuals not 
appearing for an assessment (e.g., benefits termi-
nated), results of assessments (e.g., referred to reem-
ployment services, found in compliance with program 
requirements), estimated savings resulting from ces-
sation of benefits, and estimated savings as a result 
of accelerated reemployment; and 
(3) the estimated number of UI benefit claims 
filed using stolen identification that are discovered at 
the time of initial filing, with an estimate of the re-
sulting savings; and the estimated number of ID theft- 
related continued claims stopped, with an estimate of 
the amount paid on such fraudulent claims and an 
estimate of the resulting savings from their termi-
nation. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So-
cial Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung Dis-
ability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund
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as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, 
and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allow-
ances’’ account, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, $465,000,000. 
In addition, for making repayable advances to the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 
year after September 15, 2006, for costs incurred by the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $117,123,000, together with not to exceed 
$82,877,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of funds provided under this heading in the Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107–117, division B), $120,000,000 are rescinded. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity Administration, $134,900,000.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364, with-
in limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program, 
including associated administrative expenses, through Sep-
tember 30, 2006 for such Corporation: Provided, That none 
of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 
2006 shall be available for obligations for administrative 
expenses in excess of $296,978,000: Provided further, That 
obligations in excess of such amount may be incurred after 
approval by the Office of Management and Budget and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. 
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards 
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, 
and local agencies and their employees for inspection serv-
ices rendered, $410,568,000, together with $2,048,000 which
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may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with 
sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend, until 
expended, in the name of the Department of Labor, all sums 
of money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of Labor, in 
accordance with the terms of the Consent Judgment in Civil 
Action No. 91–0027 of the United States District Court for 
the District of the Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 
1992): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is au-
thorized to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing 
applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) 
and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amend-
ed (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applica-
tions and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant 
and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the 
current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chap-
ter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of benefits 
as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 
in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947;
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the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 
Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act 
of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the addi-
tional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) 
of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
as amended, $237,000,000, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year ap-
propriation for the payment of compensation and other ben-
efits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 
year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used 
under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the 
Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not 
the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 
of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 
That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 
30, 2005, shall remain available until expended for the pay-
ment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition there shall be transferred to this ap-
propriation from the Postal Service and from any other cor-
poration or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) 
of title 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its 
fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the 
Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for 
employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 
2006: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to
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this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of 
administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation 
Act, $53,695,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 
as follows: 
(1) for enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems and telecommuni-
cations systems, $13,305,000; 
(2) for automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake and medical bill processing, $27,148,000; 
(3) for periodic roll management and medical re-
view, $13,242,000; and 
(4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 
et seq., provide as part of such notice and claim, such iden-
tifying information (including Social Security account 
number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, (the ‘‘Act’’), $232,250,000, to remain available until 
expended.
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For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2007, $74,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees 
Occupational 
Illness 
Compensation 
Act, 
$96,081,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to transfer to any 
executive agency with authority under the Energy Employ-
ees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, including with-
in the Department of Labor, such sums as may be necessary 
in fiscal year 2006 to carry out those authorities: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may require that any person 
filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part 
of such claim, such identifying information (including So-
cial Security account number) as may be prescribed: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment, 
in addition to other sums transferred by the Secretary of 
Labor to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (‘‘NIOSH’’) for the administration of the Energy
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Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
(‘‘EEOICPA’’), the Secretary of Labor shall transfer 
$4,500,000 to NIOSH from the funds appropriated to the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Fund (42 U.S.C. 7384e), for use by or in support of the 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (‘‘the 
Board’’) to carry out its statutory responsibilities under 
EEOICPA (42 U.S.C. 7384n–q), including obtaining au-
dits, technical assistance and other support from the 
Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation dose esti-
mation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, procedures, 
and review of Special Exposure Cohort petitions and eval-
uation reports. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, such sums as may 
be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended, for payment of all bene-
fits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and inter-
est on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that 
Act. In addition, the following amounts shall be available 
from the Fund for fiscal year 2006 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): $33,050,000 for trans-
fer to the Employment Standards Administration ‘‘Salaries
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and Expenses’’; $24,239,000 for transfer to Departmental 
Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $344,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous re-
ceipts for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $477,491,000, including not to 
exceed $92,013,000 which shall be the maximum amount 
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 
under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 
of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training insti-
tute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be 
collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety 
and health training and education grants: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is 
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Na-
tionally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize
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such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 
9a, to administer national and international laboratory 
recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment 
and products used by workers in the workplace: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, 
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or 
order under the Act which is applicable to any person who 
is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain 
a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employ-
ees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer 
or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under 
the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employ-
ees who is included within a category having a Days Away, 
Restricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and 
illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification code 
for which such data are published, less than the national 
average rate as such rates are most recently published by 
the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 
673), except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
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(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 
for violations found during such inspection, and to 
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to a report of an employment accident 
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, and 
to take any action pursuant to such investigation au-
thorized by such Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act 
with respect to complaints of discrimination against 
employees for exercising rights under such Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 
10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not less than 
$3,200,000 shall be used to extend funding for the Institu-
tional Competency Building training grants which com-
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menced in September 2000, for program activities for the 
period of September 30, 2006 to September 30, 2007, pro-
vided that a grantee has demonstrated satisfactory perform-
ance. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $280,490,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and 
recovery activities; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may 
be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Acad-
emy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training mate-
rials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be 
available for mine safety and health education and training 
activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addi-
tion, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may re-
tain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval 
and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for 
use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; 
the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, 
equipment, and other contributions from public and private 
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and