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ceived under section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 
Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo-
rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, includ-
ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 
Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 
from which costs involved are initially financed. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center, $14,000,000. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section 
116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.
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TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE 
VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi-
cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 
on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of 
the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 
for obligation beyond fiscal year 2006 unless expressly so 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
(46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 
compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of
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the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure 
of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 
service through procurement contract, under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued under existing law. 
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums 
as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 
pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available 
for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 
which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 
Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 
March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 
LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
among all participating legislative branch entities (in such