HELP COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the HELP Commission,
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended.
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation
Act of 1974, $335,282,000, of which $316,604,000 is for
basic field programs and required independent audits;
$2,573,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct
additional audits of recipients; $13,160,000 is for manage-
ment and administration; and $2,945,000 is for client self-
help and information technology: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 from amounts previously appropriated
under this heading may be used for a student loan repay-
ment pilot program.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections,
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2004 and
2005, respectively.
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522,
$1,890,000.
NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of the National Veterans
Business Development Corporation as authorized under
section 33(a) of the Small Business Act, $2,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $913,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used to-
ward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex-
penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory
officials, members of their delegations, appropriate rep-
resentatives and staff to exchange views concerning devel-
opments relating to securities matters, development and
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se-
curities matters and provision of technical assistance for
the development of foreign securities markets, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re-
lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and
charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g)
and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited to this ac-
count as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not
to exceed $893,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall
be available until expended for necessary expenses of this
account: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be de-
rived from prior year unobligated balances from funds pre-
viously appropriated to the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal
year 2005 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2005 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at not more
than $0.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
of the Small Business Administration as authorized by
Public Law 106–554, including hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $322,322,000 (reduced by $8,460,000) of
which $13,000,000 shall be available for microloan tech-
nical assistance, and of which $1,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with appropriations for ‘Business
Loans Program Account’ and shall remain available until
expended for the cost of direct loans (increased by
$1,500,000): Provided, That the Administrator is author-
ized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel-
oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain
loan servicing activities: Provided further, That, notwith-