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guage skills and cultural understanding, with the
objective of increasing interest in and support
for the study of foreign languages among na-
tional leaders, the business community, local offi-
cials, parents, and individuals.
(k) ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE INVOLVEMENT.—
(1) STATE
CONTACT
PERSONS.—The Council
shall consult with each State to provide for the des-
ignation by each State of an individual to serve as
a State contact person for the purpose of receiving
and disseminating information and communications
received from the Council.
(2) STATE INTERAGENCY COUNCILS AND LEAD
AGENCIES.—Each State is encouraged to establish a
State interagency council on foreign language coordi-
nation or designate a lead agency for the State for the
purpose of assuming primary responsibility for co-
ordinating and interacting with the Council and
State and local government agencies as necessary.
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to
carry out this section.
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SEC. 1083. RETENTION OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROVI-
SION OF RECIPROCAL FIRE PROTECTION
SERVICES.
Section 5 of the Act of May 27, 1955 (chapter 105;
69 Stat. 67; 42 U.S.C. 1856d) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)
Funds’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a),
all sums received for any Department of Defense activity
for fire protection rendered pursuant to this Act shall be
credited to the appropriation fund or account from which
the expenses were paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged
with funds in such appropriation fund or account and shall
be available for the same purposes and subject to the same
limitations as the funds with which the funds are merged.’’.
SEC. 1084. EXPANSION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES UNDER
RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS.
Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act of May
27, 1955 (69 Stat. 66, chapter 105; 42 U.S.C. 1856(b)) is
amended by striking ‘‘and fire fighting’’ and inserting ‘‘,
fire fighting, and emergency services, including basic and
advanced life support, hazardous material containment and
confinement, and special rescue events involving vehicular
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and water mishaps, and trench, building, and confined
space extractions’’.
SEC. 1085. RENEWAL OF MORATORIUM ON RETURN OF VET-
ERANS MEMORIAL OBJECTS TO FOREIGN NA-
TIONS WITHOUT SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION
IN LAW.
Section 1051(c) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat.
763; 10 U.S.C. 2572 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and
during the period beginning on the date of the enactment
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2006 and ending on September 30, 2010.
SEC. 1086. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING MANNED
SPACE FLIGHT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) human spaceflight preeminence allows the
United States to project leadership around the world
and forms an important component of United States
national security;
(2) continued development of human spaceflight
in low-Earth orbit, on the Moon, and beyond adds to
the overall national strategic posture;
(3) human spaceflight enables continued steward-
ship of the region between the earth and the Moon—