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(b) Not later than 360 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress a report that describes—
(1) the actions taken to implement the plan sub-
mitted under subsection (a)(2)(F); and 
(2) the reasons why actions in the plan have not 
been completed, if any. 
SEC. 8159. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title IV of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, up 
to $5,000,000 may be available for support of the TIGER 
pathogen detection system. 
SEC. 8160. (a) RESCISSION.—There is rescinded an 
amount equal to $795,280 from the amount appropriated 
to carry out part B of title VII of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, in title III of division E of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 
3). This amount shall reduce the funds available for the 
projects specified in the statement of the managers on the 
Conference Report 108–401 accompanying the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 
3). 
(b) DISREGARD AMOUNT.—In the statement of the 
managers on the Conference Report 108–401 accompanying 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law
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108–199; 118 Stat. 3), in the matter in title III of division 
E, relating to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsec-
ondary Education under the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’, 
the provision specifying $800,000 for Wahpeton State 
School of Science and North Dakota State University to re-
cruit, retain and train pharmacy technicians shall be dis-
regarded. 
(c) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated an 
amount equal to $795,280 to the Department of Labor, Em-
ployment and Training Administration for ‘‘Training and 
Employment Services,’’ available for obligation for the pe-
riod from July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, of which—
(1) $200,000 shall be made available to the 
North Dakota State School of Science to recruit, re-
tain, and train pharmacy technicians; 
(2) $297,640 shall be made available to Bis-
marck State College for training and education re-
lated to its electric power plant technologies cur-
riculum; and 
(3) $297,640 shall be made available for Minot 
State University for the Job Corps Fellowship Train-
ing Program. 
SEC. 8161. Of the amount appropriated by title IV 
under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Eval-
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uation, Army’’, up to $2,500,000 may be used for small 
business development and transition. 
TITLE IX 
CONTINGENT EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND 
IRAQ FREEDOM FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’, $25,000,000,000, available 
upon enactment, and to remain available for transfer until 
September 30, 2006, only to support operations in Iraq or 
Afghanistan: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request 
for all or part of the funds is transmitted by the President 
to the Congress and includes designation of the amount of 
that request as an emergency and essential to support ac-
tivities and agencies in Iraq or Afghanistan: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided under this heading shall be 
available for transfer for the following activities: 
Not less than $14,000,000,000 for ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Army’’; 
Not less than $500,000,000 for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy’’;
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Not less than $2,200,000,000 for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Marine Corps’’; 
Not less than $200,000,000 for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’; 
Not less than $695,400,000 for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’; 
Not less than $1,750,000,000 for procurement ac-
counts for the purposes of improving Army force pro-
tection, accelerating Army modularity, and procuring 
essential Army equipment and munitions; 
Not less than $554,000,000 for procurement ac-
counts for the purposes of improving Marine Corps 
force protection, and procuring essential Navy and 
Marine Corps equipment and munitions; 
Not less than $746,000,000 for ‘‘Defense Health 
Program’’, to include contracts entered into under the 
TRICARE program, notwithstanding restrictions 
contained elsewhere in this Act; 
$1,250,000,000 only for classified programs de-
scribed in further detail in the classified annex ac-
companying this Act; 
Not less than $100,000,000 for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Army’’ for the purposes of securing and 
destroying conventional munitions in Iraq;
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Not less than $504,600,000 for military per-
sonnel accounts; 
Up to $740,000,000 for ‘‘Defense Working Cap-
ital Funds’’ for increased fuel costs; 
Up to $100,000,000 for ‘‘National Guard and 
Reserve Equipment’’; 
Up to $100,000,000 for the Department of 
Homeland Security, ‘‘United States Coast Guard, Op-
erating Expenses’’: 
Provided further, That in addition to the transfers author-
ized in the preceding proviso, the Secretary of Defense may 
transfer the funds provided herein to appropriations for 
military personnel; operation and maintenance; ‘‘Overseas 
Humanitarian, Disaster Assistance, and Civic Aid’’; pro-
curement; research, development, test and evaluation; ‘‘De-
fense Working Capital Funds’’; and ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’: Provided further, That the funds transferred under 
this heading shall be merged with and shall be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period, as the 
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in ad-
dition to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this 
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided
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herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro-
priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not fewer than 5 days prior to making transfers from 
this appropriation, notify the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the details of any such transfer: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report 
no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 
to the congressional defense committees summarizing the de-
tails of the transfer of funds from this appropriation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, TITLE IX 
SEC. 9001. During the current fiscal year, funds avail-
able to the Department of Defense for operation and mainte-
nance may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, includ-
ing airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to coali-
tion forces supporting military and stability operations in 
Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional de-
fense committees regarding support provided under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 9002. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, from funds made available in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, not to exceed $250,000,000 may be 
used by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of
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the Secretary of State, to provide assistance only to the New 
Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to enhance their 
capability to combat terrorism and to support U.S. mili-
tary operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That 
such assistance may include the provision of equipment, 
supplies, services, training and funding: Provided further, 
That the authority to provide assistance under this section 
is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance 
to foreign nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees 
not less than 15 days before providing assistance under the 
authority of this section. 
SEC. 9003. During the current fiscal year, from funds 
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for operation and maintenance, not to exceed $300,000,000 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
to fund the Commander’s Emergency Response Program, es-
tablished by the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional 
Authority for the purpose of enabling military commanders 
in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and recon-
struction requirements within their areas of responsibility 
by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the 
Iraqi people, and to fund a similar program to assist the 
people of Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional de-
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fense committees regarding the source of funds and the allo-
cation and use of funds made available pursuant to the au-
thority provided in this section. 
SEC. 9004. Section 202(b) of the Afghanistan Freedom 
Support Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–327, as amended by 
section 2206 of Public Law 108–106) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$450,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu of thereof 
‘‘$550,000,000’’. 
SEC. 9005. None of the funds provided in this title may 
be used to finance programs or activities denied by Congress 
in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 appropriations to the De-
partment of Defense or to initiate a procurement or re-
search, development, test and evaluation new start program 
without 30 days prior written notification to the congres-
sional defense committees. 
SEC. 9006. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act, $50,000,000, is made available upon 
enactment for ‘‘Office of Justice Programs—State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ for discretionary 
grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance Programs for reimbursement 
to State and local law enforcement entities for security and 
related costs, including overtime, associated with the 2004 
Presidential Candidate Nominating Conventions, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That from
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funds provided in this section the Office of Justice Pro-
grams shall make grants in the amount of $25,000,000 to 
the City of Boston, Massachusetts; and $25,000,000 to the 
City of New York, New York: Provided further, That the 
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 
95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2004: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request 
for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire 
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2004, is transmitted by the President 
to the Congress. 
TITLE X 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 
and Famine Assistance’’, $70,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated by this 
paragraph shall be available to respond to the humani-
tarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Chad:
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Provided further, That such amount is designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. 
Res. 95 (108th Congress): Provided further, That such 
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official 
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95 (108th 
Congress), is transmitted by the President to Congress: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be made available under this 
heading immediately upon enactment of this Act. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds appropriated by this para-
graph shall be available to respond to the humanitarian 
crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Chad: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(108th Congress): Provided further, That such amount shall 
be available only to the extent that an official budget request 
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of 
the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment as defined in H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), is 
transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further,
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That funds shall be made available under this heading im-
mediately upon enactment of this Act. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2005’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Passed the Senate June 24, 2004. 
Attest: 
EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 
Secretary.
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4613
AMENDMENT 
June 21, 2004
Ordered to be printed with the amendment 
of the Senate