H. R. 2862
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
Making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $124,456,000, of which not to exceed $3,317,000 
is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed 45 permanent positions 
and 46 full-time equivalent workyears and $11,821,000 shall be 
expended for the Department Leadership Program exclusive of aug-
mentation that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 2005: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 26 permanent positions, 21 full-time 
equivalent workyears and $3,480,000 shall be expended for the 
Office of Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
17 permanent positions, 22 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$2,764,000 shall be expended for the Office of Public Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public 
Affairs may utilize, on a non-reimbursable basis details of career 
employees within the ceilings provided for the Office of Legislative 
Affairs and the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That 
not less than $500,000 shall be used to contract with an independent 
party to carry out a privacy assessment. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
including planning, development, deployment and Departmental 
direction, $125,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, of the funds available $10,000,000 is for the unified 
financial management system to be administered by the Unified 
Financial Management System Executive Council: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $20,000,000 is unavailable for obligation 
until the Department Chief Information Officer submits the plan 
described in section 110 of this title.
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NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS/INTEGRATED WIRELESS NETWORK 
For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications, 
including the cost for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile 
Radio legacy systems, $90,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007: Provided, That the Attorney General shall transfer 
to this account all funds made available to the Department of 
Justice for the purchase of portable and mobile radios: Provided 
further, That any transfer made under the preceding proviso shall 
be subject to section 605 of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, $215,685,000. 
DETENTION TRUSTEE 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee, 
$1,222,000,000, of which $45,000,000 shall be derived from prior 
year unobligated balances from funds previously appropriated, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Trustee shall 
be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien 
Transportation System and for overseeing housing related to such 
detention: Provided further, That any unobligated balances avail-
able in prior years from the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Federal Prisoner Detention’’ shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation under the heading ‘‘Detention Trustee’’ and 
shall be available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$68,801,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission 
as authorized, $11,000,000. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Depart-
ment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed 
$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under 
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
of, the Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned 
space in the District of Columbia, $661,959,000, of which not to 
exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the United 
States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 105 of this Act, upon a determination by the 
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional
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funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 
General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary 
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department 
of Justice associated with processing cases under the National 
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $6,333,000, 
to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 
Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $144,451,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $116,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regard-
less of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2006, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $28,451,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agree-
ments, $1,600,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $1,500,000 
shall only be available to continue ‘‘Operation Streetsweeper’’. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, 
as authorized, $214,402,000, to remain available until expended 
and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits 
to the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 
to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $214,402,000 of offsetting 
collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2006, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,320,000. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$793,031,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses; of which 
$4,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain avail-
able until expended; and of which not less than $12,000,000 shall 
be available for the costs of courthouse security equipment, 
including furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and 
cabling, and shall remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by 
the United States Marshals Service in United States courthouses 
and Federal buildings, $8,883,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts 
for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private 
counsel expenses, including advances, such sums as are necessary, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$10,000,000 may be made available for construction of buildings 
for protected witness safesites: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and mainte-
nance of armored vehicles for transportation of protected witnesses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $9,000,000 may be made 
available for the purchase, installation, maintenance and upgrade 
of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated 
information network to store and retrieve the identities and loca-
tions of protected witnesses. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$9,659,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 105 of this Act, 
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
cumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and 
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, 
the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community 
Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary 
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section.