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gram improvements, the Federal share payable under such
grants shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That from
amounts provided under this heading for grants to States
or local governments for audits of new entrant motor car-
riers, the Secretary of Transportation may withhold such
funds from a State or local government that is unable to
use government employees to conduct new entrant motor
carrier audits and may transfer such funds to ‘‘Motor Car-
rier Safety Operations and Programs’’ to conduct audits
in those jurisdictions.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in
section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec-
retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appropria-
tions Committees annually on the safety and security of
transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled
motor carriers.
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to implement or
enforce any provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April
16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350), with respect to ei-
ther of the following:
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(1) The operators of utility service vehicles, as
that term is defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code
of Federal Regulations.
(2) Maximum daily hours of service for drivers
engaged in the transportation of property or pas-
sengers to or from a motion picture or television pro-
duction site located within a 100-air mile radius of
the work reporting location of such drivers.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, 49 U.S.C. 301, and part
C of subtitle VI of 49 U.S.C., $226,688,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or exe-
cution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal
year 2006, are in excess of $226,688,000 for programs au-
thorized under such sections: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or
expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking
to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading
standard that is different from the three grading standards
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(treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) already
in effect.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or exe-
cution of programs the obligations for which are in excess
of $4,000,000 for the National Driver Register authorized
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 407A, 410, 412,
section 7212(a)(9) of the Highway Safety Grant Program
Reauthorization Act of 2005 to pay administrative and re-
lated operating expenses under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406,
407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and section 7223 of the High-
way Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2005,
to remain available until expended, $548,182,095 to be de-
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rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006,
are in excess of $548,182,095 for programs authorized under
23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and
section 7223 of the Highway Safety Grant Program Reau-
thorization Act of 2005, of which $209,217,985 shall be for
‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402,
$149,667,110 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Programs’’
under 23 U.S.C. 405, $7,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Demonstra-
tion Programs related to older drivers, law enforcement,
and motorcycle training’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, $5,000,000
shall be for the ‘‘Emergency Medical Services Program’’
under 23 U.S.C. 407A, $115,721,000 shall be for the ‘‘Im-
paired 
Driving 
Program’’ 
under 
U.S.C. 
410,
$45,000,000 shall be for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Information
System Improvements’’ under 23 U.S.C. 412, $16,176,000
shall be for ‘‘administrative and related operating expenses’’
under section 7212(a)(9) of the Highway Safety Grant Pro-
gram Reauthorization Act of 2005 for 23 U.S.C. 402, 405,
406, 407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and section 7223 of the
Highway Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of
2005: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be
used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or
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for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed
$500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alco-
hol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be
available for technical assistance to the States.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
States may use funds provided in this Act under section
402 of title 23, United States Code, to produce and place
highway safety public service messages in television, radio,
cinema, and print media, and on the Internet in accord-
ance with guidance issued by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation: Provided, That any State that uses funds for such
public service messages shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port describing and assessing the effectiveness of the mes-
sages: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds allo-
cated under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, shall
be used as directed by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administrator to purchase national paid advertising (in-
cluding production and placement) to support national
safety belt mobilizations: Provided further, That, of the
funds allocated under section 163 of title 23, United States
Code, $6,000,000 shall be used as directed by the Adminis-
trator to support national impaired driving mobilizations
and enforcement efforts, and $14,000,000 shall be used as
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directed by the Administrator to purchase national paid
advertising (including production and placement) to sup-
port such national impaired driving mobilizations and en-
forcement efforts.
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for fiscal year 2006 the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to use amounts made available to carry out section
157 of title 23, United States Code, to make innovative
project allocations, not to exceed the prior year’s amounts
for such allocations, before making incentive grants for use
of seat belts.
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not to exceed $130,000 of the funds made available under
sections 403 of title 23 U.S.C. and 7212(a)(9) of the High-
way Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2005
to pay administrative and related operating expenses under
23 U.S.C. 402 shall be available to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and highway safety
staff core competency development training.
SEC. 143. For an additional amount for the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the heading
‘‘OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH’’, $6,000,000, to carry out
the provisions of section 10307(c) of Public Law 109–59.
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FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $146,000,000, of which
$13,856,000 shall remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue
to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as
amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be
necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the
guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sec-
tions 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as
amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commit-
ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk
premium during fiscal year 2006.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-
Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101
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and 26102, $11,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000, for capital re-
habilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger op-
erations, to remain available until expended.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make a
grant to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(‘‘Corporation’’) for the operation and capital expenses of
intercity passenger rail service, $1,450,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Corporation
may impose a passenger service surcharge on each ticket
issued equivalent to 5 percent of the value of said ticket
for all tickets issued for travel in the Northeast Corridor,
or route segment, between Washington, DC and Boston, MA
and equivalent to 2 percent of the value of said ticket price
for all tickets issued for travel on a route outside the North-
east Corridor, the proceeds of which shall be used for capital
investments: Provided further, That the Corporation shall
not impose said surcharge if it finds that such a surcharge
shall have a deleterious impact on ridership and revenues:
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this sec-
tion, not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the de-
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velopment and implementation of a managerial cost ac-
counting system, which includes average and marginal unit
cost capability: Provided further, That within 30 days of
development of the managerial cost accounting system, the
Department of Transportation Inspector General shall re-
view and comment to the Secretary of Transportation and
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, upon
the strengths and weaknesses of the system and how it best
can be implemented to improve decision making by the
Board of Directors and management of the Corporation.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
from funds made available to the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration under the heading ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed
Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (Pub-
lic Law 108–447), the Secretary of Transportation shall
award a grant in the amount of $500,000 to the Maine
Department of Transportation for Safety and Mitigation
Rail Relocation in Auburn, Maine.
SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion for the Illinois statewide highway-rail crossing safety
program on page 1420 of the Joint Explanatory Statement
of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108–447
(House Report 108–792) shall be made available to the Illi-
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nois Commerce Commission for the Public Education and
Enforcement Research (PEERS) program to improve rail-
grade crossing safety through education and enforcement
initiatives.
SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any existing Federal legis-
lation, from funds available to the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration under the heading of ‘‘Next Generation High-
Speed Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2004, Public Law 108–199; the Secretary of Transportation
may award a grant of $1,000,000 to the New Orleans Re-
gional Planning Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana for
site planning and an update of the Master Plan for the
Union Passenger Terminal, located at New Orleans, Lou-
isiana.
SEC. 153. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion for the Spokane Region High Speed Rail Corridor
Study on page 1420 of the Joint Explanatory Statement
of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108–447
(House Report 108–792) shall be made available to the
Washington State Department of Transportation for track
and grade crossing improvements under the Bridging the
Valley project between Spokane County, Washington and
Kootenai County, Idaho.
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter
53 of title 49, United States Code, $13,411,000: Provided,
That no more than $79,544,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of
the funds available not to exceed $925,000 shall be available
for the Office of the Administrator; not to exceed $6,800,000
shall be available for the Office of Administration; not to
exceed $4,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,300,000 shall be available
for the Office of Communication and Congressional Affairs;
not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office
of Program Management; not to exceed $7,200,000 shall be
available for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed
$4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra-
tion and Innovation; not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be
available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed
$4,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning; not
to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for regional offices;
and not to exceed $16,219,000 shall be available for the cen-
tral account: Provided further, That the Administrator is
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for an office of
the Federal Transit Administration: Provided further, That
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no appropriation for an office shall be increased or de-
creased by more than a total of 5 percent during the fiscal
year by all such transfers: Provided further, That any
change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That any funding trans-
ferred from the central account shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent
office of transit security under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds in this Act available for the execu-
tion of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United
States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for
costs associated with audits and investigations of transit-
related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway sys-
tems: Provided further, That up to $2,500,000 for the Na-
tional transit database shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That upon submission to the Con-
gress of the fiscal year 2007 President’s budget, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the an-
nual report on new starts, including proposed allocations
of funds for fiscal year 2007.
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FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $734,117,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $4,354,191,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$981,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $5,818,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and
5322, $26,350,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no more than $156,287,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,208,000 is available to provide rural transportation as-
sistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $3,967,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute
(49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,992,000 is available to carry out tran-
sit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)),
$104,004,000 is available for State and metropolitan plan-
ning; and $34,116,000 is available for the national plan-
ning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
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TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505,
and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178,
$6,824,667,000, to remain available until expended, and to
be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That $3,620,074,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count: Provided further, That $129,937,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning
and research account: Provided further, That $66,133,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s ad-
ministrative expenses account: Provided further, That
$4,837,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s university transportation research account: Provided
further, That $101,292,000 shall be paid to the Federal
Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute
grants program: Provided further, That $2,902,394,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s Cap-
ital Investment Grants account.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,
5309, 5318, and 5327, $588,578,000, to remain available
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until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$3,490,972,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail-
able for fixed guideway modernization, $1,307,473,000;
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
struction of bus-related facilities, $796,977,000, and there
shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$1,386,522,000, to be available as follows:
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, $10,296,000;
Baltimore Central Light Rail Double Track
Project, Maryland, $12,420,000;
Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT, Arizona,
$90,000,000;
Charlotte South Corridor Light Rail Project,
North Carolina, $55,000,000;
City of Miami Streetcar, Florida, $2,000,000;
City of Rock Hill Trolley Study, South Caro-
lina, $400,000;
Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New
Mexico, $500,000;
Commuter Rail, Utah, $9,000,000;
CORRIDORone Regional Rail Project, Pennsyl-
vania, $1,500,000;
CTA Douglas Blue Line, Illinois, $45,150,000;
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CTA 
Ravenswood 
Brown 
Line, 
Illinois,
$40,000,000;
Dallas Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS,
Texas, $12,000,000;
Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, Virginia,
$26,000,000;
East Corridor Commuter Rail, Nashville, Ten-
nessee, $6,000,000;
East 
Side 
Access 
Project, 
New 
York,
$340,000,000;
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio,
$24,774,513;
Gainesville-Haymarket VRE Service Extension,
Virginia, $1,450,000;
Hartford-New Britain Busway, Connecticut,
$6,000,000;
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail MOS 2, New Jersey,
$100,000,000;
Kansas City, MO, Southtown BRT, $12,300,000;
Metra, Illinois, $42,180,000;
Metro Gold Line Eastside Light Rail Extension,
California, $80,000,000;
Houston METRO, Texas, $12,000,000;
Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit Extension, Cali-
fornia, $7,160,000;
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Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah,
$500,000;
Mission Valley East, California, $7,700,000;
New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor,
New Jersey, $3,315,000;
North Corridor Interstate MAX Light Rail
Project, Oregon, $18,110,000;
North 
Shore 
Connector, 
Pennsylvania,
$55,000,000;
Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project,
Delaware, $1,425,000;
Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Min-
nesota, $2,000,000;
Oceanside Escondido Rail Project, California,
$12,210,000;
Regional Fixed Guideway Project, Nevada,
$3,000,000;
Rhode Island Integrated Commuter Rail Project,
Rhode Island, $6,000,000;
San Francisco BART Extension to San Fran-
cisco International Airport, California, $81,860,000;
San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail
Project, California, $10,000,000;
San 
Juan 
Tren 
Urbano, 
Puerto 
Rico,
$10,200,000;
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Schuylkill 
Valley 
Metro, 
Pennsylvania,
$2,000,000;
Seattle Sound Transit, Washington, $80,000,000;
Second Avenue Subway, New York, $25,000,000;
Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project,
Santa Clara County, California, $5,000,000;
Silver 
Line 
Phase 
III, 
Massachusetts,
$4,000,000;
Sounder 
Commuter 
Rail, 
Washington,
$5,000,000;
Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project (T–
REX), Colorado, $80,000,000;
Triangle Transit Authority Regional Rail Sys-
tem (Raleigh-Durham), North Carolina, $18,000,000;
Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Or-
egon, $15,000,000;
West Corridor Light Rail, Colorado, $5,000,000.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the
Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,541,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no more than
$121,833,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of the
funds provided under this heading may be used by the Fed-
eral Transit Administration for technical assistance and
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support and performance reviews of the Job Access and Re-
verse Commute Grants program.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation.
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds
made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin-
istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified
in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act
not obligated by September 30, 2008, and other recoveries,
shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.
5309.
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under any
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that
remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading
for any such section.
SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any Office of Management and Budget Circular or any pol-
icy, directive, or regulation, funds made available from the
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Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund in this
Act may not be deposited in the General Fund of the United
States Treasury: Provided, That obligations incurred to
carry out any Federal Transit program, project or activity
shall be liquidated first from amounts appropriated for that
program, project or activity from the General Fund of the
United States Treasury until the appropriated amount is
depleted.
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway
systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appro-
priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects.
SEC. 165. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels
and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities,
including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of
such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: Pro-
vided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made
available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be
used by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a pas-
senger ferryboat services demonstration project to test the
viability of different intra-island and inter-island ferry
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boat routes and technology: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available for
Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire pas-
senger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry transpor-
tation services within areas of the State of Hawaii under
the control or use of the National Park Service.
SEC. 166. Amounts made available from the bus cat-
egory of the Capital Investment Grants Account or Discre-
tionary Grants Account in this or any other previous Ap-
propriations Act that remain unobligated or unexpended in
a grant for a multimodal transportation facility in Bur-
lington, Vermont, may be used for site-preparation and de-
sign purposes of a multimodal transportation facility in
a different location within Burlington, Vermont, than origi-
nally intended notwithstanding previous expenditures in-
curred such purposes at the original location.
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds designated in the conference report accompanying
Public Law 108–447 and Public Law 108–199 for the King
County Metro Park and Ride on First Hill, Seattle, Wash-
ington, shall be available to the Swedish Hospital parking
garage, Seattle, Washington, subject to the same conditions
and requirements of section 125 of division H of Public
Law 108–447.
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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to
the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9101–
9110), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs
set forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal
year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper-
ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation, $16,284,000, to be derived from the
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law
99–662.
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs
of the United States, $156,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $118,649,000 of which
$23,750,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2006, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,033,000
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and
of which $8,211,000 shall remain available until expended
for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance and
Repair.
SHIP DISPOSAL
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $21,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, not to exceed $4,726,000, which shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
Operations and Training.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the program of fi-
nancial assistance for the construction of new product tank
vessels as authorized by section 53101 of title 46, United
States Code, as amended, $25,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $2,071,280 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, and payments received therefore shall be credited
to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided,
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or
repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts.
SEC. 171. No obligations shall be incurred during the
current fiscal year from the construction fund established
by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101
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et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and
limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appro-
priations Act.
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration,
$16,877,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $26,138,000, of which
$1,847,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2008: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further,
That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be
available until expended, funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi-
cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred
in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and ap-
provals functions.
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PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107,
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380),
$73,165,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be derived from the
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available
until September 30, 2008; of which $58,165,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided,
That not less than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under
this heading shall be for the one-call State grant program.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c),
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Pro-
vided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2006 from amounts made
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C.
5116(i), 5127(c), and 5127(d) shall be made available for
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obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Trans-
portation, or his designee.
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative
Technology 
Administration, 
$4,326,000, 
of 
which
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, to be available until expended, funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,
and private sources for expenses incurred for training.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $62,499,000: Provided, That the
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act,
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to
regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the
funds made available under this heading shall be used to
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United
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States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair
methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers
and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and
foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$24,388,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation
Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting
collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses
under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a
dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2006, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than
$23,138,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire
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of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902).
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the
Department of Transportation shall be available for services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for
an Executive Level IV.
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 109 political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside
the Department of Transportation.
SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available in
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record
as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18
U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
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(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.
SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s
‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is
authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock here-
tofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such
stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount
determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless
the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi-
ness days before any discretionary grant award, letter of
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intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000
or more is announced by the department or its modal ad-
ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program
of the Federal Highway Administration other than the
emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement pro-
gram of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any
program of the Federal Transit Administration other than
the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization pro-
grams: Provided, That no notification shall involve funds
that are not available for obligation.
SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended.
SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any other
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
ments by the Department of Transportation to a third
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available—
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(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments: Provided, That amounts
in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and
(2)—
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the
appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the
transfer of any such recovery to an appropria-
tions account, the Secretary shall notify the
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the
same meaning as that provided in section
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300.
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the
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bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary,
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’.
SEC. 191. None of the funds made available in this
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional
notification.
SEC. 192. Funds provided in this Act for the Working
Capital Fund shall be reduced by $1,000,000, which limits
fiscal year 2006 Working Capital Fund obligational au-
thority for elements of the Department of Transportation
funded in this Act to no more than $119,014,000: Provided,
That such reductions from the budget request shall be allo-
cated by the Department of Transportation to each appro-
priations account in proportion to the amount included in
each account for the Working Capital Fund.
SEC. 193. For the purpose of any applicable law, for
fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the city of Norman, Oklahoma,
shall be considered to be part of the Oklahoma City urban-
ized area.
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SEC. 194. Subsection (a) of section 1964 of Public Law
109–59 is amended by inserting ‘‘Idaho, Washington,’’ after
‘‘Oregon,’’.
SEC. 195. Item number 4596 of the table contained in
section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public
Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended by striking ‘‘Cor-
ning Preserve improvements Phase II’’ and inserting
‘‘Transportation Center, Corning, NY’’.
SEC. 196. Item number 512 of the table contained in
section 3044 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public
Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended by striking ‘‘Cor-
ning, NY, Phase II Corning Preserve Transportation En-
hancement Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation Center
Enhancements, Corning, NY’’.
SEC. 197. Section 14711(c) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph (1) and
inserting ‘‘;’’;
(2) striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) inserting the following after paragraph (2):
‘‘(3) be substituted, upon the filing of a motion with
the court, for the State as parens patriae in the action.’’.
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SEC. 198. Section 112(b)(2) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘title 40’’
and all that follows through the period and inserting
‘‘title 40.’’;
(2) by striking subparagraph (B);
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through
(F) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively;
(4) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
paragraph (3)), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’;
and
(5) by striking subparagraph (G).
SEC. 199. (a) In addition to amounts available to
carry out section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (Public Law 109–59) as of the date of enactment of
this Act, of the amounts made available by this Act,
$1,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Transportation
and the Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly—
(1) complete the review and assessment of cata-
strophic hurricane evacuation plans under that sec-
tion; and
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(2) submit to Congress, not later than June 1,
2006, the report described in subsection (d) of that
section.
(b) Section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (Public Law 109–59) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘evacuation plans’’
the following: ‘‘(including the costs of the
plans)’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and other catastrophic
events’’ before ‘‘impacting’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and local’’ and
inserting ‘‘parish, county, and municipal’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘safe
and’’ before ‘‘practical’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after
‘‘States’’ the following: ‘‘and adjoining jurisdic-
tions’’;
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon at the end;
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(5) the availability of food, water, restrooms,
fueling stations, and shelter opportunities along the
evacuation routes;
‘‘(6) the time required to evacuate under the
plan; and
‘‘(7) the physical and mental strains associated
with the evacuation.’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business, $197,591,000, of which not to exceed
$8,642,366 is for executive direction program activities; not
to exceed $7,851,946 is for general counsel program activi-
ties; not to exceed $32,010,626 is for economic policies and
programs activities; not to exceed $27,220,470 is for finan-
cial policies and programs activities; pursuant to section
3004(b) of the Exchange Rates and International Economic
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Policy Coordination Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 5304(b)), not
to exceed $1,000,000 is for the Secretary of the Treasury,
in conjunction with the President, to implement said sub-
section as it pertains to governments and trade violations
involving currency manipulation and other trade viola-
tions; not to exceed $39,938,449 is for financial crimes poli-
cies and programs activities; not to exceed $16,843,447 is
for Treasury-wide management policies and programs ac-
tivities; and not to exceed $65,083,696 is for administration
programs activities: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated for financial crimes policies and programs activi-
ties, $22,032,016 is for the Office of Foreign Assets Control
and shall support no less than 125 full time equivalent posi-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any pro-
gram activity of the Departmental Offices to any other pro-
gram activity of the Departmental Offices upon notification
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That no appropriation for any program
activity shall be increased or decreased by more than 2.5
percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any
change in funding greater than 2.5 percent shall be sub-
mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000,
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to remain available until September 30, 2007, for informa-
tion technology modernization requirements; not to exceed
$100,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate: Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,173,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2007, is for the
Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit Program, of
which such amounts as may be necessary may be trans-
ferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and bureaus
to conduct audits: Provided further, That this transfer au-
thority shall be in addition to any other provided in this
Act.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $24,412,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That these funds shall
be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer
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authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple-
ment ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Information Systems’’ or
‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Moderniza-
tion’’.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi-
cial travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury,
$16,722,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not
to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses;
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and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion, $133,286,000; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans-
portation Stabilization Board established by section 102 of
the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization
Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,942,000.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $10,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2008.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement per-
sonnel to attend meetings concerned with financial intel-
ligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
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$73,630,000 of which not to exceed $6,944,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2008; and of which
$8,521,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2007: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account
may be used to procure personal services contracts.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $236,243,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles, $91,126,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and
development programs for laboratory services; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies
with or without reimbursement.
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BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt
issues of the United States, $179,923,000, of which not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-
tems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated
herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2006 shall be
reduced by not more than $3,000,000 as definitive security
issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Mainte-
nance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year
2006 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at
$176,923,000. In addition, $70,000 to be derived from the
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau
for administrative and personnel expenses for financial
management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of
Public Law 101–380.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FUND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
To carry out the Community Development Banking
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but
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at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $55,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2007, of which $4,000,000
shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, train-
ing and outreach programs designed to benefit Native
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified commu-
nity development lender organizations with experience and
expertise in community development banking and lending
in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes
and tribal organizations and other suitable providers, and
up to $13,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses,
including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit,
up to $6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans,
and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That
the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for
the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed
$11,000,000.
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UNITED STATES MINT
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate
amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2006 under such section 5136 for circulating
coinage and protective service capital investments of the
United States Mint shall not exceed $36,900,000.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and
account services, shared services support, general manage-
ment and administration; and services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner, $4,136,578,000, of which up to $4,100,000
shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program,
of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax-
payer clinic grants, and of which not to exceed $25,000
shall be for official reception and representation expenses.
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TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing
litigation support; conducting criminal investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col-
lecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document matching
program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt
identification, referral and settlement; expanded customer
service and public outreach programs, strengthened enforce-
ment activities, and enhanced research efforts to reduce er-
roneous filings associated with the earned income tax credit;
compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance
research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates
as 
may 
be 
determined 
by 
the 
Commissioner,
$4,725,756,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2008, for research: Pro-
vided, That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred as nec-
essary from this account to the IRS Processing, Assistance,
and Management appropriation or the IRS Information
Systems appropriation solely for the purposes of manage-
ment of the Earned Income Tax Credit compliance program
and to reimburse the Social Security Administration for
the cost of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief
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Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33): Provided further, That
this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other
transfer authority provided in this Act.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
for information systems and telecommunications support,
including developmental information systems and oper-
ational information systems; the hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner, $1,597,717,000, of which $75,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2007.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, $199,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2008, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related contrac-
tual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual costs
associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated until
the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on
Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for
expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest-
ment control review requirements established by the Office
of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2)
complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise ar-
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chitecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) con-
forms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life
cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue
Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of
Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
quisition management practices of the Federal Government.
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
For expenses necessary to implement the health insur-
ance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public
Law 107–210), $20,210,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 200. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the head-
ing ‘‘Tax Law Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any
other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 201. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
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SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute
and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the
confidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 203. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement
of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a
priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone
lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1–
800 help line service.
SEC. 204. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to reduce taxpayer services until the Treas-
ury Inspector General for Tax Administration completes a
study detailing the impact of the IRS’s reductions on tax-
payer compliance and taxpayer services, and the IRS’s
plans for providing adequate alternative services, and sub-
mits such study to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
SEC. 205. Of the funds made available by this Act to
the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $6,447,000,000
shall be available only for tax enforcement. In addition, of
the funds made available by this Act to the Internal Rev-
enue Service, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
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$446,000,000 shall be available for enhanced tax enforce-
ment.
SEC. 206. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the IRS Commissioner shall submit a
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate on tax enforcement,
which includes estimates for the entire tax enforcement pro-
gram and for the tax enforcement initiative of tax enforce-
ment spending, tax enforcement workload indicators, direct
tax enforcement revenue, and an explanation of the method-
ology and accuracy of the estimates provided.
SEC. 207. Of the funds made available by this Act to
the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $166,249,000
shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer
Advocate Service.
SEC. 208. The Internal Revenue Service shall submit
its fiscal year 2007 congressional budget justifications to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate using the identical structure
provided under this Act and only in accordance with the
direction specified in the report accompanying this Act.
SEC. 209. Section 3 under the heading ‘‘Administra-
tive Provisions—Internal Revenue Service’’ of title I of
Public Law 103–329 is amended by striking the last pro-
viso.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General,
Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred
between such appropriations upon the advance approval of
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
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SEC. 212. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided,
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 213. Of the funds available for the purchase of
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by
the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Depart-
mental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the
Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Sec-
retary for Management.
SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to
redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
SEC. 215. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer
funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries and
Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the
costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall
be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account from
debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund.
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SEC. 216. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119
(5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘7
years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 years’’.
SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be used by
the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum
without the explicit approval of the House Committee on
Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act or source to the
Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col-
lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House
Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on
Appropriations.
SEC. 219. Not later than 60 days after enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations a report describing how
statutory provisions addressing currency manipulation by
America’s trading partners contained in, and relating to,
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title 22 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 286y can be better clarified
administratively to provide for improved and more predict-
able evaluation, and to enable the problem of currency ma-
nipulation to be better understood by the American people
and the Congress.
SEC. 220. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act or source to the
Secretary of the Treasury may be expended to develop,
study, or implement any plan to reallocate the resources
of, or merge the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
into the Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses, or
any other office within the Department of the Treasury.
SEC. 221. By not later than June 30, 2006, the Inter-
nal Revenue Service, in consultation with the National
Taxpayer Advocate, shall report on the uses of the Debt In-
dicator tool, the debt collection offset practice, and rec-
ommendations that could reduce the amount of time re-
quired to deliver tax refunds. In addition, the report shall
study whether the Debt Indicator facilitates the use of re-
fund anticipation loan (RALs), evaluate alternatives to
RALs, and examine the feasibility of debit cards being used
to distribute refunds.
SEC. 222. APPLICATION OF ARBITRAGE BOND REGU-
LATIONS TO CERTAIN STATE REVOLVING FUNDS.
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate to provide a legal basis
for the application of section 1.148–1(c) of the United
States Treasury Regulations (regarding arbitrage bond reg-
ulations) to the reserve funds held by the Clean Water and
Safe Drinking Water State revolving funds which generally
contain replacement proceeds but not bond proceeds.
SEC. 223. The Internal Revenue Service shall provide
taxpayers with free individual tax electronic preparation
and filing services only through the Free File program and
the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Assistance Cen-
ters, Tax Counseling for the Elderly, and volunteer income
tax assistance programs.
SEC. 224. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF FEDERAL
CONTRACTS WITH EXPATRIATED ENTITIES.—(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used for any Federal Govern-
ment contract with any foreign incorporated entity which
is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section
835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an entity.
(b) WAIVERS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required
in the interest of national security.
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report
such issuance to Congress.
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any
Federal Government contract entered into before the date
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued
pursuant to such contract.
SEC. 225. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary
of the Treasury should place al-Manar, a global satellite
television operation, on the Specially Designated Global
Terrorist list.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United
States Housing act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437
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et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for,
$15,636,064,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $11,436,064,000 shall be available on October 1, 2005
and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2006:
Provided, That the amounts made available under this
heading are provided as follows:
(1) $14,089,756,000 for renewals of expiring sec-
tion 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any
provision of law authorizing such assistance under
section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, from amounts
provided under this paragraph, the Secretary for the
calendar year 2006 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based
verified voucher management system (VMS) lease and
cost data for the most recent 12 months for which
data are available, prior to prorations, and by apply-
ing the 2006 Annual Adjustment Factor as estab-
lished by the Secretary, and by making any necessary
adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time
renewal of tenant protection, HOPE VI vouchers or
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month
period in order to be available to meet a commitment
pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary
to stay within the amount provided under this para-
graph, pro rate each public housing agency’s alloca-
tion otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph:
Provided further, That the entire amount provided
under this paragraph shall be obligated to the public
housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata
method described above: Provided further, That public
housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work
demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their Mov-
ing to Work agreements and shall be subject to the
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
viso: Provided further, That up to $45,000,000 shall
be available only (1) to adjust the allocations for pub-
lic housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency and verification by
HUD, whose allocation under this heading for con-
tract renewals for the calendar year 2005 funding
cycle were based on verified VSM leasing and cost
data averaged for the months of May, June, and July
of 2004 and solely because of temporarily low leasing
levels during the 3-month period did not accurately
reflect leasing levels and costs for the 2004 fiscal year
of the agencies, and (2) for adjustments for public
housing agencies that experienced a significant in-
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crease, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal
costs resulting from portability under section 8(r) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 of tenant-
based rental assistance: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this paragraph may be used
to support a total number of unit months under lease
which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized
level of units under contract;
(2) $192,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance
for relocation and replacement of housing units that
are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni-
bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section
23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, re-
location of witnesses in connection with efforts to
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t)
of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance
including replacement and relocation assistance: Pro-
vided, That no more than $12,000,000 can be used for
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section 8 assistance to cover the cost of judgments and
settlement agreements;
(3) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordi-
nators under section 23 of the Act;
(4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund;
(5) $1,295,408,000 for administrative and other
expenses of public housing agencies in administering
the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program,
of which up to $10,000,000 shall be available to the
Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that
need additional funds to administer their section 8
programs: Provided, That $1,271,000,000 of the
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated
for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle on a pro
rata basis to public housing agencies based on the
amount public housing agencies were eligible to re-
ceive in calendar year 2005: Provided further, That
all amounts provided under this paragraph shall be
only for activities related to the provision of tenant-
based rental assistance authorized under section 8 in-
cluding related development activities; and
(6) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Afford-
able Housing and Economic Development Technical
Assistance Board.
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HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this
heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted
housing’’ 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2005 
and 
prior 
years,
$1,500,000,000 are rescinded, to be effected by the Secretary
no later than September 30, 2006: Provided, That, to the
extent there are not adequate funds for the rescission from
said unobligated balances under the headings ‘‘Housing
Certificate Fund’’ or ‘‘Annual Contribution for Assisted
Housing’’, additional funds shall first be rescinded of up
to 10 percent of the funding available under the heading
of ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ in title III and funding avail-
able under the heading of ‘‘Office of Management and Budg-
et’’ in title V: Provided further, That should additional
funds be needed once the aforementioned rescissions are ef-
fectuated to meet the requirements of this paragraph, then,
and only then, shall additional funds needed for the rescis-
sion be derived from any unobligated funds under any
heading under title III: Provided further, That any such
balances governed by reallocation provisions under the stat-
ute authorizing the program for which the funds were origi-
nally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Pro-
vided further, That any obligated balances of contract au-
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thority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been ter-
minated shall be cancelled: Provided further, That no
amounts recaptured from amounts appropriated in prior
years under this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contribu-
tions for assisted housing’’ and no carryover of such appro-
priated amounts for project-based assistance shall be avail-
able for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle for activities
provided for under the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assist-
ance’’.
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance for the provision of
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.)
(‘‘the 
Act’’ 
herein), 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for,
$5,072,100,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this heading
are provided as follows:
(1) $4,918,100,000 for expiring or terminating
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con-
tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to sec-
tion 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in