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OTHER 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 
$47,466,000: Provided, That not to exceed 12 full-time 
equivalents and $1,621,000 shall be expended for the leg-
islative affairs function of the Department. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $22,758,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
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this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 203. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this or any 
other Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 204. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 
actions taken in response to funding reductions included 
in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec-
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tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 
within the total budgetary resources available to such de-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 205. Any funds provided in this Act under ‘‘De-
partment of Commerce’’ used to implement E-Government 
Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 605 of this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE III—SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception
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and representation expenses, and rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,564,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and ex-
ploration research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
habilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
cilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author-
ized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
ties including operations, production, and services; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $9,725,750,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007, of which amounts as deter-
mined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits;
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training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; in-
formation technology services; science, engineering, fabri-
cating and testing services; and other administrative serv-
ices may be transferred to ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ in 
accordance with section 312(b) of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 
106–377: Provided, That any funds provided under this 
heading used to implement E-Government Initiatives shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of 
this Act. 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration capabilities re-
search and development activities, including research, de-
velopment, operations, support and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility 
planning and design, and acquisition or condemnation of 
real property, as authorized by law; environmental compli-
ance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and 
communications activities including operations, produc-
tion, and services; program management; personnel and 
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses;