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Union Calendar No. 66 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2862 
[Report No. 109–118] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2005 
Mr. WOLF, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
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 Representa-
tives 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
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fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $126,956,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 45 permanent positions and 46 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $11,821,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation 
that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 2005: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 28 permanent positions, 23 
full-time equivalent workyears and $3,980,000 shall be ex-
pended for the Office of Legislative Affairs: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed 17 permanent positions, 22 full- 
time equivalent workyears and $2,764,000 shall be ex-
pended for the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, 
That the latter two aforementioned offices may utilize 
non-reimbursable details of career employees within the 
caps described in the preceding two provisos. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and
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Departmental direction, $135,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS/INTEGRATED WIRELESS 
NETWORK 
For the costs of conversion to narrowband commu-
nications, including the cost for operation and mainte-
nance 
of 
Land 
Mobile 
Radio 
legacy 
systems, 
$110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That the Attorney General shall transfer 
to the ‘‘Narrowband Communications’’ account all funds 
made available to the Department of Justice for the pur-
chase 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 par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi-
ties, $215,685,000. 
DETENTION TRUSTEE 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention 
Trustee, $1,222,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Trustee shall be responsible 
for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transpor-
tation System and for overseeing housing related to such 
detention: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 
available in prior years from the funds appropriated under
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the heading ‘‘Federal Prisoner Detention’’ shall be trans-
ferred 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, $66,801,000, 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, $11,200,000. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, 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, $665,821,000, of which not 
to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall 
be available to the United States National Central Bu-
reau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representa-
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tion expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 105 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
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 current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu-
ant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a re-
programming under section 605 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment 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 anti-
trust 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 notifi-
cation filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im-
provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of
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the year of collection, shall be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal 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 coop-
erative agreements, $1,626,146,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent 
workyears available to the Offices of the United States At-
torneys, not to exceed 10,465 positions and 10,451 full- 
time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the United States At-
torneys. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $214,402,000, to remain avail-
able until expended and to be derived from the United
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States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 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, not-
withstanding 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 appro-
priation and remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated 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. 
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, $1,220,000. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service, $800,255,000; of which not to exceed 
$6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and of which $20,000,000 for infor-
mation technology systems, equipment, and the renovation 
of United States Marshals Service prisoner holding space 
in United States courthouses and Federal buildings shall
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remain available until expended: Provided, That, in addi-
tion to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears avail-
able to the United States Marshals Service, not to exceed 
4,729 positions and 4,551 full-time equivalent workyears 
shall be supported from the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the United States Marshals Service. 
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 ad-
vances, such sums as are necessary, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $8,000,000 
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 maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation 
of protected witnesses: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $7,000,000 may be made available for the purchase, 
installation, maintenance and upgrade of secure tele-
communications equipment and a secure automated infor-
mation network to store and retrieve the identities and 
locations of protected witnesses. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $9,659,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
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tion 105 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, 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 ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(B), 
(F), and (G), $21,468,000, to be derived from the Depart-
ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 
most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
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trafficking, $506,940,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any 
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States; including purchase for 
police-type use of not to exceed 3,868 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 3,039 will be for replacement only; and 
not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of 
a confidential character pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530C, 
$5,741,132,000; of which not to exceed $150,000,000 
shall 
remain 
available 
until 
expended; 
of 
which 
$2,288,897,000 shall be for counterterrorism investiga-
tions, foreign counterintelligence, and other activities re-
lated to our national security; and of which not to exceed 
$25,000,000 is authorized to be made available for making 
advances for expenses arising out of contractual or reim-
bursable agreements with State and local law enforcement 
agencies while engaged in cooperative activities related to 
violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, gang-related 
crime, cybercrime, and drug investigations: Provided, That
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not to exceed $205,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That, 
in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears 
available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not to 
exceed 31,668 positions and 30,525 full-time equivalent 
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated 
in this Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion 
and extension of Federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects; $20,105,000, to re-
main 
available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
$10,000,000 shall be available for equipment and associ-
ated costs for a permanent central records complex in 
Frederick County, Virginia. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 
to 28 U.S.C. 530C; expenses for conducting drug edu-
cation and training programs, including travel and related 
expenses for participants in such programs and the dis-
tribution of items of token value that promote the goals
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of such programs; and purchase of not to exceed 1,043 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 937 will be for replace-
ment only, for police-type use, $1,706,173,000; of which 
not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided, That, in addition to reimbursable full- 
time equivalent workyears available to the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, not to exceed 8,371 positions and 
8,270 full-time equivalent workyears shall be supported 
from the funds appropriated in this Act for the Drug En-
forcement Administration. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives, including the purchase of 
not to exceed 822 vehicles for police-type use, of which 
650 shall be for replacement only; not to exceed $25,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; for 
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with 
or without reimbursement, including training in connec-
tion with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of 
laboratory assistance to State and local law enforcement
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agencies, with or without reimbursement, $923,613,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for 
the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 
924(d)(2); and of which $10,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no funds appropriated 
herein shall be available for salaries or administrative ex-
penses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, 
within the Department of Justice, the records, or any por-
tion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms 
maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to 
pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the United States to implement an 
amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to 
change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 
178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 
5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be 
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief 
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): 
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations 
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 
925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, 
That no funds made available by this or any other Act
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may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activi-
ties of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 
2006: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under 
this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may 
be used to disclose part or all of the contents of the Fire-
arms Trace System database maintained by the National 
Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives or any information required to be kept by 
licensees pursuant to section 923(g) of title 18, United 
States Code, or required to be reported pursuant to para-
graphs (3) and (7) of such section 923(g), to anyone other 
than a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency or 
a prosecutor solely in connection with and for use in a 
bona fide criminal investigation or prosecution and then 
only such information as pertains to the geographic juris-
diction of the law enforcement agency requesting the dis-
closure and not for use in any civil action or proceeding 
other than an action or proceeding commenced by the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or a 
review of such an action or proceeding, to enforce the pro-
visions of chapter 44 of such title, and all such data shall 
be immune from legal process and shall not be subject to 
subpoena or other discovery in any civil action in a State 
or Federal court or in any administrative proceeding other
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than a proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to enforce the provi-
sions of that chapter, or a review of such an action or 
proceeding; except that this proviso shall not be construed 
to prevent the disclosure of statistical information con-
cerning total production, importation, and exportation by 
each licensed importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of 
such title) and licensed manufacturer (as defined in sec-
tion 921(a)(10) of such title): Provided further, That no 
funds made available by this or any other Act shall be 
expended to promulgate or implement any rule requiring 
a physical inventory of any business licensed under section 
923 of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That 
no funds under this Act may be used to electronically re-
trieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code: 
Provided further, That no funds authorized or made avail-
able under this or any other Act may be used to deny any 
application for a license under section 923 of title 18, 
United States Code, or renewal of such a license due to 
a lack of business activity, provided that the applicant is 
otherwise eligible to receive such a license, and is eligible 
to report business income or to claim an income tax deduc-
tion for business expenses under the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986.
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FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Federal Prison System 
for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 
Federal penal and correctional institutions, including pur-
chase (not to exceed 768, of which 701 are for replacement 
only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor 
vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and 
advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern-
ments, $4,895,649,000: Provided, That the Attorney Gen-
eral may transfer to the Health Resources and Services 
Administration such amounts as may be necessary for di-
rect expenditures by that Administration for medical relief 
for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with 
a fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to de-
termine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf 
of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to 
individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison 
System: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 
shall remain available for necessary operations until Sep-
tember 30, 2007: Provided further, That, of the amounts
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provided for Contract Confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 
make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim-
bursable agreements, and other expenses authorized by 
section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act 
of 1980, for the care and security in the United States 
of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided further, That the 
Director of the Federal Prison System may accept donated 
property and services relating to the operation of the pris-
on card program from a not-for-profit entity which has 
operated such program in the past notwithstanding the 
fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services 
under contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to 
the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses or 
other custodial facilities. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 
new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re-
modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-
ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $70,112,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be avail-
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able to construct areas for inmate work programs: Pro-
vided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used 
for work performed under this appropriation. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 
with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 
may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion, including purchase (not to exceed five for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $3,365,000 of the funds of the corpora-
tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 
payment of claims, and expenditures which such account-
ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 
shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui-