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(1) for the Commanders’ Emergency Response 
Program established by the Administrator of the Co-
alition Provisional Authority for the purpose of ena-
bling United States military commanders in Iraq to 
respond to urgent humanitarian relief and recon-
struction requirements within their areas of respon-
sibility by carrying out programs that will imme-
diately assist the Iraqi people; and 
(2) for a similar program to assist the people 
of Afghanistan. 
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report regarding the source of funds and the 
allocation and use of funds during that quarter that were 
made available pursuant to the authority provided in this 
section or under any other provision of law for the pur-
poses stated in subsection (a). 
(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds author-
ized for the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program 
by this section may not be used to provide goods, services, 
or funds to national armies, national guard forces, border 
security forces, civil defense forces, infrastucture protec-
tion forces, highway patrol units, police, special police, or 
intelligence or other security forces.
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(d) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall issue to the commander of 
the United States Central Command detailed guidance 
concerning the types of activities for which United States 
military commanders in Iraq may use funds under the 
Commanders’ Emergency Response Program to respond 
to urgent relief and reconstruction requirements and the 
terms under which such funds may be expended. The Sec-
retary shall simultaneously provide a copy of that guid-
ance to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 9008. During the current fiscal year, funds 
available to the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, 
including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support 
to coalition forces supporting military and stability oper-
ations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 
congressional defense committees regarding support pro-
vided under this section. 
SEC. 9009. Congress, consistent with international 
and United States law, reaffirms that torture of prisoners 
of war and detainees is illegal and does not reflect the
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policies of the United States Government or the values of 
the people of the United States. 
SEC. 9010. The reporting requirements of section 
9010 of Public Law 108–287 regarding the military oper-
ations of the Armed Forces and the reconstruction activi-
ties of the Department of Defense in Iraq and Afghanistan 
shall apply to the funds appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 9011. The Secretary of Defense may present 
promotional materials, including a United States flag, to 
any member of an Active or Reserve component under the 
Secretary’s jurisdiction who, as determined by the Sec-
retary, participates in Operation Enduring Freedom or 
Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
SEC. 9012. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT CON-
CERNING INAPPROPRIATE PROSELYTIZING
OF UNITED 
STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY CADETS.— 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the expression of personal religious faith is 
welcome in the United States military, but coercive 
and abusive religious proselytizing at the United 
States Air Force Academy by officers assigned to 
duty at the Academy and others in the chain-of-com-
mand at the Academy, as has been reported is in-
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consistent with the professionalism and standards 
required of those who serve at the Academy; 
(2) the military must be a place of tolerance for 
all faiths and backgrounds; and 
(3) the Secretary of the Air Force and other 
appropriate civilian authorities, and the Chief of 
Staff of the Air Force and other appropriate mili-
tary authorities, must continue to undertake correc-
tive action, as appropriate, to address and remedy 
the inappropriate proselytizing of cadets at the Air 
Force Academy. 
(b) REPORT ON PLAN.— 
(1) PLAN.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall develop a plan to ensure that the Air Force 
Academy maintains a climate free from coercive reli-
gious intimidation and inappropriate proselytizing by 
Air Force officials and others in the chain-of-com-
mand at the Air Force Academy. The Secretary 
shall work with experts and other recognized notable 
persons in the area of pastoral care and religious 
tolerance to develop the plan. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report providing the plan developed pursuant to
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paragraph (1). The Secretary shall include in the re-
port information on the circumstances surrounding 
the removal of Air Force Captain Melinda Morton 
from her position at the Air Force Academy on May 
4, 2005. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
Union Calendar No. 67 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2863 
[Report No. 109–119] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 10, 2005 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed