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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Army’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes 
in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 
$43,390,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 
$3,856,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, for nec-
essary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in the 
Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the amount 
provided under this heading is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $2,600,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 
2005: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 
of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, $1,987,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurri-
canes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005, which shall 
be available for transfer within this account to replace destroyed 
or damaged equipment, prepare and recover naval vessels under 
contract; and provide for cost adjustments for naval vessels for 
which funds have been previously appropriated: Provided, That 
this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to 
making transfers within this appropriation, notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing of the details of any such transfer:
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Provided further, That the amount provided under this heading 
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 
$76,675,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$162,315,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 
$12,082,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006. 
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard and Reserve 
Equipment’’, $19,260,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurri-
canes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That 
the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2006. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Navy’’, $2,462,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 
of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, 
That the amount provided under this heading is designated as
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an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. 
Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2006. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $6,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 
2005: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 
of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $32,720,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 
2005: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 
of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Capital Funds’’, 
$7,224,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided under this heading is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
TRUST FUNDS 
SURCHARGE COLLECTIONS, SALES OF COMMISSARY STORES, DEFENSE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surcharge Collections, Sales 
of Commissary Stores, Defense’’, $44,341,000, to remain available 
until expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 
of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, 
That the amount provided under this heading is designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. 
Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2006. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, 
$201,550,000, of which $172,958,000 shall be for Operation and 
Maintenance, and of which $28,592,000 shall be for Procurement, 
to remain available until September 30, 2006, for necessary
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expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the amounts pro-
vided under this heading are designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, 
$310,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, for nec-
essary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in the 
Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the amount 
provided under this heading is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Upon his determination that such action is necessary 
to ensure the appropriate allocation of funds provided in this 
chapter, the Secretary of Defense may transfer up to $500,000,000 
of the funds made available to the Department of Defense in this 
chapter between such appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer made pursuant 
to this authority: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That 
the amount made available by the transfer of the funds in or 
pursuant to this section is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 202. Notwithstanding section 701(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, the Secretary of Defense may authorize a member 
of the Armed Forces on active duty who performed duties in support 
of disaster relief operations in connection with hurricanes in the 
Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005 and who, except for this 
section, would lose any accumulated leave in excess of 60 days 
at the end of fiscal year 2005 to retain an accumulated leave 
total not to exceed 120 days leave. Except as provided in section 
701(f) of title 10, United States Code, leave in excess of 60 days 
accumulated under this section is lost unless used by the member 
before October 1, 2007. 
SEC. 203. Notwithstanding 37 U.S.C. 403(b), the Secretary of 
Defense may prescribe a temporary adjustment in the geographic 
location rates of the basic allowance for housing in a military 
housing area located within an area declared a major disaster 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) resulting from hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico in calendar year 2005. 
(1) Such temporary adjustment shall be based upon the 
Secretary’s redetermination of housing costs in an affected area 
and at a rate that shall not exceed 20 percent of the current 
rate for an affected area. 
(2) Members in an affected military housing area must 
certify that an increased housing cost above the current rate
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for an affected area has been incurred in order to be eligible 
for the temporary rate adjustment. 
(3) No temporary adjustment may be made after September 
30, 2006. No assistance provided to individual households under 
this heading may extend beyond January 1, 2007. Further, 
the Secretary is authorized to reduce or eliminate any tem-
porary adjustment granted under paragraph (1) prior to such 
date as appropriate. 
SEC. 204. Funds appropriated by this chapter may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
SEC. 205. (a) The total amount appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this chapter is hereby reduced by $737,089,000. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction propor-
tionately to each applicable appropriation account. 
(c) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply to budget 
authority appropriated or otherwise made available to the Defense 
Health Program account. 
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ to expedite 
studies of flood and storm damage reduction related to the con-
sequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean 
in 2005, $37,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That using $10,000,000 of the funds provided, the Secretary shall 
conduct an analysis and design for comprehensive improvements 
or modifications to existing improvements in the coastal area of 
Mississippi in the interest of hurricane and storm damage reduction, 
prevention of saltwater intrusion, preservation of fish and wildlife, 
prevention of erosion, and other related water resource purposes 
at full Federal expense: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
recommend a cost-effective project, but shall not perform an incre-
mental benefit-cost analysis to identify the recommended project, 
and shall not make project recommendations based upon maxi-
mizing net national economic development benefits: Provided fur-
ther, That interim recommendations for near term improvements 
shall be provided within 6 months of enactment of this Act with 
final recommendations within 24 months of enactment: Provided 
further, That none of the $12,000,000 provided herein for the Lou-
isiana Hurricane Protection Study shall be available for expenditure 
until the State of Louisiana establishes a single state or quasi-
state entity to act as local sponsor for construction, operation and 
maintenance of all of the hurricane, storm damage reduction and 
flood control projects in the greater New Orleans and southeast 
Louisiana area: Provided further, That the amount provided under 
this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.