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to be undertaken has been submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 
Law 95–138, $3,449,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary 
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of such Acts. 
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential 
Transition Act of 1963, as amended, $7,700,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities authorized by 
sections 3(a) (8) and (9) of the Presidential Transition 
Act of 2000, and may be used notwithstanding section 3(f) 
of such Act (3 U.S.C. 102, note).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund 
available to the General Services Administration shall be 
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
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SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available in fiscal year 2005 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activi-
ties only to the extent necessary to meet program re-
quirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall 
be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall 
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2006 request for United 
States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet 
the design guide standards for construction as established 
and approved by the General Services Administration, the 
Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 
of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the 
priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States 
as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Pro-
vided, That the fiscal year 2006 request must be accom-
panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of 
each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act 
may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square 
feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or
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any other service usually provided through the Federal 
Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate 
per square foot assessment for space and services as de-
termined by the General Services Administration in com-
pliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 
1972 (Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 406. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal buildings fund, limitations on avail-
ability of revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior no-
tification to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 407. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 
572, the Administrator of General Services may sell the 
Middle River Depot at Middle River, Maryland, and credit 
the proceeds of such sale as offsetting collections to the 
Federal Buildings Fund, to be available, in addition to 
amounts otherwise appropriated for such Fund, for such 
capital activities of the Fund as the Administrator may 
deem appropriate.
SEC. 408. Section 572(a)(2)(A)(ii) of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting the following before 
the period: ‘‘, highest and best use of property studies,
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utilization of property studies, deed compliance inspection, 
and the expenses incurred in a relocation’’. 
SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Administrator of General Services may convey, 
by sale, lease, exchange or otherwise, including through 
leaseback arrangements, real and related personal prop-
erty, or interests therein, and retain the net proceeds of 
such dispositions in an account within the Federal Build-
ings Fund to be used for the General Services Administra-
tion’s real property capital needs: Provided, That all net 
proceeds realized under this section shall only be expended 
as authorized in annual appropriations acts: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘net 
proceeds’’ means the rental and other sums received less 
the costs of the disposition, and the term ‘‘real property 
capital needs’’ means any expenses necessary and incident 
to the agency’s real property capital acquisitions, improve-
ments, and dispositions. 
SEC. 410. LAND CONVEYANCE, NAHANT, MASSA-
CHUSETTS.—(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the General Services Administration may sell all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel 
of real property, including improvements thereon, that is 
located at Castle Road, Gardner Road and Goddard Drive
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in Nahant, Massachusetts to the Town of Nahant. In the 
event a binding sales contract is not executed within 30 
days of enactment the Administrator shall commence with 
a public, competitive sale of the property. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for convey-
ance under subsection (a), the Town of Nahant shall pay, 
in a single lump sum payment, $2 million. 
(c) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Administrator may deposit the net 
proceeds in the Real Property Relocation account of the 
General Services Administration. In the event proceeds ex-
ceed $2 million, the net amount in excess of $2 million 
shall be deposited in the United States Coast Guard Hous-
ing Fund established under 14 U.S.C. Sec. 687. 
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Administrator. The cost of the survey shall 
be borne by the purchaser. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Adminstrator may require such additional terms and con-
ditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection 
(a) as the Adminstrator considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and direct procurement of survey printing, 
$34,683,000 together with not to exceed $2,620,000 for 
administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals 
to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel-
lence in National Environmental and Native American 
Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,984,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits
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pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–289), notwithstanding sections 8 
and 9 of Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 
percent of such funds may be transferred by the Morris 
K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Envi-
ronmental Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses 
of the Native Nations Institute. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$1,301,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the ad-
ministration of the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration (including the Information Security Over-
sight Office) and archived Federal records and related 
activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary 
for the review and declassification of documents, and for 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $264,185,000: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author-
ized to use any excess funds available from the amount 
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil-
ity, for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage 
for holdings.
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ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the devel-
opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 
direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de-
sign, 
development, 
and 
program 
management, 
$35,914,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,182,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants 
for historical publications and records as authorized by 
44 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978, as amended, and the Ethics 
Reform Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
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cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $11,238,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for vet-
erans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; advances 
for reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of 
per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees 
where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to 
remain 
overnight 
at 
his 
or 
her 
post 
of 
duty, 
$120,444,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the cost of the enterprise human 
resources integration project, $6,615,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the cost of leading the gov-
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ernment-wide initiative to modernize the Federal payroll 
systems and service delivery; $800,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the cost of the e-human resources 
information system project; $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the cost of the e-clearance 
project; and $3,300,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the recruitment one stop project; and in addi-
tion $128,462,000 for administrative expenses, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office 
of Personnel Management without regard to other stat-
utes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 
for the retirement and insurance programs, of which 
$27,640,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: 
Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall 
not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as 
provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(1)(A) 
and (2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 
the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant 
to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc-
cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the 
President’s Commission on White House Fellows, estab-
lished by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964,
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may, during fiscal year 2005, accept donations of money, 
property, and personal services: Provided further, That 
such donations, including those from prior years, may be 
used for the development of publicity materials to provide 
information about the White House Fellows, except that 
no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reim-
bursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of em-
ployees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act, as amended, including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$1,627,000, and in addition, not to exceed $16,461,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere.
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GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as 
amended, such sums as may be necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE 
LIFE INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as 
required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after 
October 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and 
annuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as 
may be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by 
the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of 
August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may 
hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund.
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HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For a human capital performance fund, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5408, $12,514,000: Provided, That such 
amounts as determined by the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management may be transferred to Federal 
agencies to carry out the purposes of this fund as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5403: Provided further, That no funds 
shall be available for obligation or transfer to any Fed-
eral agency until the Director has notified the relevant 
subcommittees of jurisdiction of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the approval of a performance pay plan 
for that agency, and the prior approval of such sub-
committees has been attained. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization 
Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act 
of 1978 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as 
amended, Public Law 103–424, and the Uniformed Serv-
ices Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia
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and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$15,449,000. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $61,709,000, which shall not be available 
for obligation until October 1, 2005: Provided, That mail 
for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue 
to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and 
rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 
1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be 
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of 
charging any officer or employee of any State or local 
child support enforcement agency, or any individual par-
ticipating in a State or local program of child support en-
forcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be used to consolidate or close small rural and other 
small post offices in fiscal year 2005.
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$41,180,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the 
judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 
judge. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2004 pay raises for programs funded in this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this 
Act or previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds in this Act shall be 
used for the planning or execution of any program to pay 
the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal 
parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro-
ceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur-
rent fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other ap-
propriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 504. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through pro-
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curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record 
and available for public inspection, except where other-
wise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec-
utive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 505. For the purpose of any applicable law, for 
fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the city of Norman, Okla-
homa, shall be considered to be part of the Oklahoma 
City urbanized area. 
SEC. 506. 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 
provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or 
policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 
of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
SEC. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any per-
son filling a position, other than a temporary position,
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formerly held by an employee who has left to enter the 
Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his period of active military or naval service, 
and has within 90 days after his release from such serv-
ice or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for 
a period of not more than 1 year, made application for 
restoration to his former position and has been certified 
by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified 
to perform the duties of his former position and has not 
been restored thereto. 
SEC. 509. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity 
agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will 
comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 
1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 
America Act’’). 
SEC. 510. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE 
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—Hereafter, in the case of 
any equipment or products that may be authorized to be 
purchased with financial assistance provided under this 
Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving 
such assistance should, in expending the assistance, pur-
chase only American-made equipment and products. 
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In 
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec-
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retary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of 
the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress. 
SEC. 511. Hereafter, if it has been finally deter-
mined by a court or Federal agency that any person in-
tentionally affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ 
inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to 
any product sold in or shipped to the United States that 
is not made in the United States, such person shall be 
ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made 
with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the 
debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures de-
scribed in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 512. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2005 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2005 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2006, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for 
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines.
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SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 
official background investigation report on any individual, 
except when—
(1) such individual has given his or her express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 514. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 515. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office pursuant to court approval.
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SEC. 516. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 517. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which pro-
vides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 518. The provision of section 517 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds provided in this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collec-
tion of fees and available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
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(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is greater; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
greater; or 
(7) creates or reorganizes a branch, division, of-
fice, bureau, board, commission, agency administra-
tion, or department different from the budget jus-
tifications submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations; 
unless prior approval is received from the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 520. EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATIONS ON PRO-
CUREMENT
OF FOREIGN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
THAT IS A COMMERCIAL ITEM.—In order to promote 
Government access to commercial information technology, 
the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, mate-
rials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act (41
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U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply to the acquisition by 
the Federal Government of information technology (as 
defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code, 
that is a commercial item (as defined in section 4(12) of 
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
403(12)). 
SEC. 521. It is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that empowerment zones within cities should have 
the necessary flexibility to expand to include relevant 
communities so that empowerment zone benefits are equi-
tably distributed. 
SEC. 522. It is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that all census tracts contained in an empower-
ment zone, either fully or partially, should be equitably 
accorded the same benefits. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or 
enforce—
(1) the proposed rule relating to the determina-
tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 
financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ-
ity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or
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(2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 
1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 524. It is the sense of Congress that, after 
proper documentation, justification, and review, the De-
partment of Transportation should consider programs to 
reimburse general aviation ground support services at 
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and air-
ports located within fifteen miles of Ronald Reagan 
Washington National Airport, for their financial losses 
due to Government actions after the terrorist attacks of 
September 11, 2001. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im-
plement a pilot program under which not more than 10 
designated essential air service communities located in 
proximity to hub airports are required to assume 10 per-
cent of their essential air subsidy costs for a 4-year pe-
riod commonly referred to as the EAS local participation 
program. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for
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the immediate family of employees serving abroad in 
cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee. 
SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States receiving appropriated funds 
under this or any other Act for fiscal year 2005 shall ob-
ligate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 
agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or in-
strumentality. 
SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal 
year in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any pas-
senger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law 
enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $8,100 except station wagons for which 
the maximum shall be $9,100: Provided, That these lim-
its may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-
type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for special 
heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than
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5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 
Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 
cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 
to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
ventionally fueled vehicles. 
SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current 
fiscal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made avail-
able for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, 
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the com-
pensation of any officer or employee of the Government 
of the United States (including any agency the majority 
of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in the continental 
United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the 
United States; (2) is a person in the service of the United 
States on the date of the enactment of this Act who, 
being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of in-
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tention to become a citizen of the United States prior to 
such date and is actually residing in the United States; 
(3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States; 
(4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the 
countries of the former Soviet Union, or the Baltic coun-
tries lawfully admitted to the United States for perma-
nent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or 
Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after Janu-
ary 1, 1975; or (6) is a national of the People’s Republic 
of China who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant 
to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, 
That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed 
by any such person shall be considered prima facie evi-
dence that the requirements of this section with respect 
to his or her status have been complied with: Provided 
further, That any person making a false affidavit shall be 
guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no 
more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 
year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, 
any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, 
That any payment made to any officer or employee con-
trary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable 
in action by the Federal Government. This section shall 
not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic
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of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries al-
lied with the United States in a current defense effort, 
or to international broadcasters employed by the United 
States Information Agency, or to temporary employment 
of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer-
gencies. 
SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and serv-
ices and those expenses of renovation and alteration of 
buildings and facilities which constitute public improve-
ments performed in accordance with the Public Buildings 
Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amend-
ments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste 
prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until 
expended for the following purposes:
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(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including 
any such programs adopted prior to the effective 
date of the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addi-
tion to objects for which such funds are otherwise avail-
able, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in ac-
cordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified 
under this head, all the provisions of which shall be appli-
cable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise 
specified in the Act by which they are made available: 
Provided, That in the event any functions budgeted as 
administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to
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or paid from other funds, the limitations on administra-
tive expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall 
be paid to any person for the filling of any position for 
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has 
voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall 
be available for employment of guards for all buildings 
and areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and 
under the charge and control of the Postal Service, and 
such guards shall have, with respect to such property, the 
powers of special policemen provided by the first section 
of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 
40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied 
by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take