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U.S. aircraft and airline industries of those deci-
sions; 
(2) the extent to which NASA should address 
military and commercial needs; 
(3) how NASA will coordinate its aeronautics 
program with other Federal agencies; and 
(4) the extent to which NASA will fund univer-
sity research and the expected impact of that fund-
ing on the supply of U.S. workers for the aero-
nautics industry. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In developing the national aer-
onautics policy, the Administrator shall consult widely 
with academic and industry experts and with other Fed-
eral agencies. The Administrator may enter into an ar-
rangement with the National Academy of Sciences to help 
develop the national aeronautics policy. 
(e) SCHEDULE.—The Administrator shall submit the 
new national aeronautics policy to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and to the House Com-
mittee on Science and the Senate Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation no later than the date 
on which the President submits the proposed budget for 
the Federal government for fiscal year 2007 to the Con-
gress. The Administrator shall make available to the Con-
gress any study done by a non-governmental entity that
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was used in the development of the national aeronautics 
policy. 
SEC. 631. Any funds provided in this Act under ‘‘Na-
tional Science Foundation’’ used to implement E-Govern-
ment Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 605 of this Act. 
SEC. 632. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 
be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 
part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 
not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 
met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-
port license—
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter
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required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of—
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than 
for end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada, 
or 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for
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end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 633. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 
or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 
funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 
of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 
any
application
submitted
pursuant
to
U.S.C. 
2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR Sec. 
478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori-
gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition.
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SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any bilateral or multilateral 
trade agreement the text of—
(1) paragraph 2 of Article 16.7 of the United 
States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of Article 17.9 of the United 
States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of Article 15.9 of the United 
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
TITLE VII—RESCISSIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $62,000,000 are rescinded. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $38,500,000 are rescinded. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $86,500,000 are rescinded.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
EMERGENCY STEEL GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading from prior year appropriations, $35,000,000 are 
rescinded. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
UNITED STATES-CANADA ALASKA RAIL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading from prior year appropriations, $2,000,000 are 
rescinded. 
TITLE VIII—ADDITIONAL GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the United Nations to develop or pub-
licize any proposal concerning taxation or fees on any 
United States person in order to raise revenue for the 
United Nations or any of its specialized or affiliated agen-
cies. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the United Nations to implement or impose 
any such taxation or fee on any United States person. 
SEC. 802. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Aeronautics and Space
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Administration to employ any individual under the title 
‘‘artist in residence’’. 
SEC. 803. (a) For expenses necessary for enforcing 
subsections (a) and (b) of section 642 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1373), $1,000,000. 
(b) The amount otherwise provided in this Act for 
‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE—LEGAL ACTIVITIES—
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES’’ 
is hereby reduced by $1,000,000. 
SEC. 804. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deny the production of safety reports 
regarding the NASA Space Shuttle program and the 
International Space Station. 
SEC. 805. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to enforce the judgment of the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in the 
case of Russelburg v. Gibson County, decided January 31, 
2005. 
SEC. 806. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to make an application under section 501 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
U.S.C. 1861) for an order requiring the production of li-
brary circulation records, library patron lists, book sales 
records, or book customer lists.
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SEC. 807. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 
enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 
United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and any regulations prescribed thereto, includ-
ing regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Science, State, Justice, 
Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2006’’.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $125,936,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 45 
permanent positions and 46 full-time equivalent workyears 
and $11,821,000 shall be expended for the Department 
Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation that oc-
curred in these offices in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 24 permanent positions, 19 full-time 
equivalent workyears and $2,980,000 shall be expended for 
the Office of Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not 
to exceed 17 permanent positions, 22 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $2,470,000 shall be expended for the Office 
of Public Affairs: Provided further, That the Offices of Leg-
islative Affairs and Public Affairs may utilize, on a non-
reimbursable basis details of career employees within the 
ceilings provided for the Office of Legislative Affairs and 
the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That not less 
than $500,000 shall be used to contract with an inde-
pendent party to carry out a privacy assessment. 
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 available 
until expended: Provided, That, of the funds available 
$10,000,000 is for the unified financial management system 
to be administered by the United Financial Management 
System Executive Council: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $20,000,000 is unavailable for obligation 
until the Department Chief Information Officer submits the 
plan described in section 111 of this title. 
NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses for the costs of conversion to 
narrowband communications, including the cost for oper-
ations and maintenance of Land Mobile Radio legacy sys-
tems, $90,000,000, 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 into or out of this account shall be sub-
ject to section 505 of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi-
ties, $216,286,000. 
DETENTION TRUSTEE 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust-
ee, $1,222,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That the Trustee shall be responsible for managing 
the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System and 
for overseeing housing related to such detention: Provided 
further, That any unobligated balances available in prior 
years from the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Prisoner Detention’’ shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation under the heading ‘‘Detention 
Trustee’’ and shall be available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $70,431,000, 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 by law, $11,000,000. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 evidence, 
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted 
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and 
rent of private or Government-owned space in the District 
of Columbia, $648,245,000, of which not to exceed
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$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 avail-
able to the United States National Central Bureau, 
INTERPOL, for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, 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 ap-
propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir-
cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the 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 In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust 
and kindred laws, $144,451,000, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $116,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2006, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2006 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$28,451,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $1,572,654,000; of which not to exceed 
$2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007, for: 
(1) training personnel in debt collection; (2) locating debt-
ors and their property; (3) paying the net costs of selling 
property; and (4) tracking debts owed to the United States 
Government: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000
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for the operation of the National Advocacy Center shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That, in 
addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears 
available to the Offices of the United States Attorneys, 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 Attorneys: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$1,500,000 shall only be available to continue ‘‘Operation 
Streetsweeper’’. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $214,402,000, to remain available 
until expended and to be derived from the United States 
Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be avail-
able in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 
due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $214,402,000 of offsetting collec-
tions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and re-
main 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 appropria-
tion from the Fund estimated at $0.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,270,000. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
Service, $764,199,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses; of which $4,000,000 for information technology sys-
tems shall remain available until expended; and of which 
not less than $13,130,000 shall be available for the costs 
of courthouse security equipment, including furnishings, re-
locations, and telephone systems and cabling, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That 
beginning in fiscal year 2007 and for each fiscal year there-
after, the Attorney General shall include in the budget jus-
tification materials that the Attorney General submits to 
Congress in support of the Department of Justice budget 
(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, 10 United States Code) an estimate for 
each United States Marshals Service courthouse security 
project and an estimate of the budgetary requirements for 
each such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years:
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Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-
time equivalent workyears available to the United States 
Marshals Service, not to exceed 4,657 positions and 4,515 
full-time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the United States Mar-
shals Service. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti-
lized by the United States Marshals Service in United 
States courthouses and Federal buildings, $12,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That beginning 
in fiscal year 2007 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Attorney General shall include in the budget justification 
materials that the Attorney General submits to Congress in 
support of the Department of Justice budget (as submitted 
with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, 10 United States Code) an estimate for each con-
struction project of United States Marshals Service in 
United States courthouses and Federal buildings and an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
for each of the five subsequent fiscal years. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con-
tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit-
nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, 
$168,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, 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 ar-
mored vehicles for transportation of protected witnesses; 
and of which not to exceed $7,000,000 may be made avail-
able for the purchase, installation, and maintenance and 
upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se-
cure automated information network to store and retrieve 
the identities and locations of protected witnesses. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
For the necessary expenses of the Community Rela-
tions Service, $9,659,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, upon a determination by the 
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require addi-
tional funding for conflict resolution and violence preven-
tion activities of the Community Relations Service, the At-
torney General may transfer such amounts to the Commu-
nity Relations Service, from available appropriations for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous 
proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
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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 intergovernmental agreements with State and local 
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
trafficking, $440,197,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That all funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be managed and exe-
cuted by the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration and all employees of the Executive Office for 
the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces 
shall report directly to said Administrator within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided further, 
That any unobligated balances remaining available at the
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end of the fiscal year shall be available to the Administrator 
of the Drug Enforcement Administration for reallocation 
among participating organizations in succeeding fiscal 
years, subject to the reprogramming procedures set forth in 
section 505 of this Act. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation 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 vehi-
cles, of which 3,039 will be for replacement only; and not 
to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential 
character 
pursuant 
to 
U.S.C. 
530C, 
$5,295,513,000; of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended; of which $1,600,000,000 
shall be for counterterrorism investigations, foreign counter-
intelligence, and other activities related to our national se-
curity; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 is authorized 
to be made available for making advances for expenses aris-
ing out of contractual or reimbursable agreements with 
State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged in 
cooperative activities related to violent crime, terrorism, or-
ganized crime, cybercrime, and drug investigations: Pro-
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vided, That not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
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; $25,213,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That $15,108,000 
shall be available for the planning, design, and construction 
of a regional analytical training center in Redstone Arse-
nal: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be available 
for a chemical and biological evidence handling and storage 
facility to be co-located with comparable facilities in exist-
ence for sample, handling and receipt of hazardous material 
by the Department of the Army. 
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 education 
and training programs, including travel and related ex-
penses for participants in such programs and the distribu-
tion of items of token value that promote the goals of such 
programs; and purchase of not to exceed 1,043 passenger
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motor vehicles, of which 937 will be for replacement only, 
for police-type use, $1,649,142,000; of which not to exceed 
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended; and of 
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That, in 
addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears 
available to the Drug Enforcement 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 Enforcement 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 $40,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; for training of 
State and local law enforcement agencies with or without 
reimbursement, including training in connection with the 
training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $923,700,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attor-
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neys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available 
for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with 
consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of 
Justice, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition 
and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms 
licensees: Provided further, 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 rel-
ics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Pub-
lication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided 
further, 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 may 
be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2006: Pro-
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vided 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 Firearms 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 pursu-
ant to section 923(g) of title 18, United States Code, or re-
quired to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (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 in-
vestigation or prosecution and then only such information 
as pertains to the geographic jurisdiction of the law enforce-
ment agency requesting the disclosure and not for use in 
any civil action or proceeding other than an action or pro-
ceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives, or a review of such an action or pro-
ceeding, to enforce the provisions 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 adminis-
trative proceeding other than a proceeding commenced by 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
to enforce the provisions of that chapter, or a review of such 
an action or proceeding; except that this proviso shall not
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be construed to prevent the disclosure of statistical informa-
tion concerning total production, importation, and expor-
tation by each licensed importer (as defined in section 
921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed manufacturer (as de-
fined in section 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: Pro-
vided further, That no funds authorized or made available 
under this or any other Act may be used to deny any appli-
cation 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 deduction for 
business expenses under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the expenses necessary for site selection, architec-
tural design, site preparation and the development of a total 
cost estimate for the construction of a permanent site for
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the National Center for Explosives Training and Research: 
Provided further, That any funds remaining shall be ap-
plied to the construction of the Center: Provided further, 
That the Director of the ATF, when considering site selec-
tion shall consider a site collocated with other law enforce-
ment and Federal government entities that provide similar 
training and research. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Federal Prison System 
for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Fed-
eral penal and correctional institutions, including purchase 
(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 
governments, 
$4,889,649,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion such amounts as may be necessary for direct expendi-
tures 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 determine the 
amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal
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Prison System, furnish health services to individuals com-
mitted to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $85,017,000 shall remain avail-
able for prison activations until September 30, 2007: Pro-
vided further, That, of the amounts provided for Contract 
Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended to make payments in advance for 
grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Edu-
cation 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 prison card program from a not-for-profit 
entity which has operated such program in the past not-
withstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity fur-
nishes 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
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thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, re-
modeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities 
at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
account, $222,112,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to con-
struct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That 
labor of United States prisoners may be used for work per-
formed under this appropriation. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 
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 commitments, 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by sec-
tion 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget 
for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including 
purchase (not to exceed five for replacement 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 corporation 
shall be available for its administrative expenses, and for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed 
on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with
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the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and 
such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment 
of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system 
requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 
acquired or produced, including selling and shipping ex-
penses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, con-
struction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protec-
tion, or disposition of facilities and other property belong-
ing to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio-
lence against women as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Prosecutorial 
Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Chil-
dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 
Act’’); and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); $362,997,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That except as 
otherwise provided by law, not to exceed three percent of 
funds made available under this heading may be used for
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expenses related to evaluation, training and technical as-
sistance: Provided further, That of the amounts provided—
(1) $187,308,000 for grants to combat violence 
against women as authorized by part T of the 1968 
Act, of which: 
(A) $5,200,000 shall be for the National In-
stitute of Justice for research and evaluation of 
violence against women; 
(B) $10,000,000 shall be for the Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for 
the Safe Start Program, as authorized by the Ju-
venile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974 Act; 
and 
(C) $15,000,000 shall be for transitional 
housing assistance grants for victims of domestic 
violence, stalking or sexual assault as authorized 
by Public Law 108–21; 
(2) $62,660,000 for grants to encourage arrest 
policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act; 
(3) $39,166,000 for rural domestic violence and 
child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as author-
ized by section 40295(a) of the 1994 Act; 
(4) $9,054,000 to reduce violent crimes against 
women on campus, as authorized by section 1108(a) 
of Public Law 106–386;
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(5) $39,220,000 for legal assistance for victims, 
as authorized by section 1201(c) of Public Law 106–
386; 
(6) $4,540,000 for enhancing protection for older 
and disabled women from domestic violence and sex-
ual assault, as authorized by section 40802 of the 
1994 Act; 
(7) $13,894,000 for the safe havens for children 
pilot program, as authorized by section 1301(a) of 
Public Law 106–386; and 
(8) $7,155,000 for education and training to end 
violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, 
as authorized by section 1402(a) of Public Law 106–
386. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, the Miss-
ing Children’s Assistance Act, as amended, including sala-
ries and expenses in connection therewith, the Victims of 
Child Abuse Act of 1990 (‘‘the 1990 Act’’), the Prosecutorial 
Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil-
dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21), and with 
the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,
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$221,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided—
(1) $4,958,000 for training programs as author-
ized by section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for related 
local demonstration projects; 
(2) $986,000 for grants for televised testimony, 
as authorized by Part N of the 1968 Act; 
(3) $2,962,000 for grants to improve the stalking 
and domestic violence databases, as authorized by sec-
tion 40602(a) of the 1994 Act; 
(4) $2,287,000 for child abuse training programs 
for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized 
by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 
(5) $11,846,000 for the court-appointed special 
advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 
1990 Act. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and the Victims of 
Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–386); and other programs; $1,078,350,000 (in-
cluding amounts for administrative costs which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice Assistance’’ ac-
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count): Provided, That funding provided under this heading 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading shall be distributed 
in the manner described in the following table:
Program 
Amount 
Justice Assistance Grants ..............................................................
$530,000,000
Boys and Girls Clubs .....................................................................
$85,000,000
National Institute of Justice ..........................................................
$10,000,000
Indian Assistance Programs ..........................................................
$15,000,000
State Criminal Alien Assistance Programs ..................................
$170,000,000
SW Border Prosecutors ..................................................................
$30,000,000
Byrne Grants (discretionary) ........................................................
$177,000,000
Drug Courts ....................................................................................
$25,000,000
Marketing Scams Against Senior Citizens ...................................
$1,000,000
Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program ...................
$850,000
Assistance for Victims of Trafficking ............................................
$2,000,000
Prison Rape Prevention .................................................................
$1,500,000
State Prison Drug Treatment .......................................................
$15,000,000
National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan .............................
$6,000,000
Capital Litigation ..........................................................................
$1,000,000
Justice For All ................................................................................
$4,000,000
State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training ...................................
$5,000,000:
Provided further, That, if a unit of local government uses 
any of the funds made available under this title to increase 
the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local gov-
ernment will achieve a net gain in the number of law en-
forcement officers who perform nonadministrative public 
safety service. 
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND 
For necessary expenses, including salaries and related 
expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, to im-
plement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities, $50,280,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2007, for inter-
governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative 
agreements, and contracts, with State and local law enforce-
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ment agencies, non-profit organizations, and agencies of 
local government engaged in the investigation and prosecu-
tion of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ 
designated communities, and for either reimbursements or 
transfers to appropriation accounts of the Department of 
Justice and other Federal agencies which shall be specified 
by the Attorney General to execute the ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ 
program strategy: Provided, That funds designated by Con-
gress through language for other Department of Justice ap-
propriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activi-
ties shall be managed and executed by the Attorney General 
through the Executive Office for Weed and Seed: Provided 
further, That the Attorney General may direct the use of 
other Department of Justice funds and personnel in support 
of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities only after the Attor-
ney General notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance 
with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated for the Executive Office for Weed and 
Seed, $2,000,000 shall be directed for comprehensive com-
munity development training and technical assistance. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(including administrative costs), $515,087,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds that become
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available as a result of deobligations from prior year bal-
ances may not be obligated except in accordance with sec-
tion 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds 
under this heading, not to exceed $2,575,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Justice Programs for reimbursable 
services associated with programs administered by the Com-
munity Oriented Policing Services Office: Provided further, 
That section 1703(b) and (c) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’) shall not 
apply to non-hiring grants made pursuant to part Q of 
title I thereof (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.): Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading shall be distributed 
in the manner described in the following table:
Program 
Amount 
Hiring .............................................................................................
$2,000,000
Training and Technical Assistance ..............................................
$14,000,000
Bullet Proof Vests ...........................................................................
$27,000,000
Tribal Law Enforcement ...............................................................
$20,000,000
Methamphetamine Hot Spots ........................................................
$60,100,000
Police Corps ....................................................................................
$10,000,000
Law Enforce Technologies (projects) .............................................
$137,000,000
Interoperable Communications ......................................................
$37,500,000
Criminal Records Upgrade ............................................................
$20,000,000
DNA Initiative ................................................................................
$89,500,000
Coverdell Forensics Science Improvements ...................................
$22,000,000
Crime Identification Technology ...................................................
$30,000,000
Offender Reentry .............................................................................
$3,000,000
Safe Schools Initiative ...................................................................
$5,000,000
Police Integrity ...............................................................................
$7,500,000
Management and Administration .................................................
$30,487,000.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and other ju-
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venile justice programs, including salaries and expenses in 
connection therewith to be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Justice Assistance, $350,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be distributed in the manner 
described in the following table:
Program 
Amount 
Part A, Concentration of Federal Efforts .....................................
$1,000,000
Part B, Formula Grants ................................................................
$82,000,000 
Part C, Discretionary Grants .......................................................
$5,000,000 
Part D, Research, Evaluation, TA and Training .......................
$8,000,000 
Part E, Developing New Initiatives .............................................
$75,000,000 
Part G, Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP) ...........................
$15,000,000 
Title V, At Risk Children Programs .............................................
$20,000,000 
Title V, Tribal Youth ......................................................................
$10,000,000 
Title V, Gang Prevention ...............................................................
$25,000,000 
Title V, Prevention of Underage Drinking ...................................
$25,000,000 
Secure Our Schools Act ..................................................................
$15,000,000 
Project Childsafe .............................................................................
$5,000,000 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants ..........................................
$49,000,000
Victims of Child Abuse Act ............................................................
$15,000,000.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS 
To remain available until expended, for payments au-
thorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amended, 
such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section 6093 
of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340); and 
$4,884,000, to remain available until expended for pay-
ments as authorized by section 1201(b) of said Act; and 
$4,064,000 for educational assistance, as authorized by sec-
tion 1212 of the 1968 Act.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $60,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall 
be available to the Attorney General for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car-
ried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That should 
this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or fa-
cilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to 
receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, 
That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the 
effect of section 103 intended to address the philosophical 
beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons. 
SEC. 105. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
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ment of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 
10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any trans-
fer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
ties, Federal Prison System’’ in this or any other Act may 
be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison 
System’’, or any other Department of Justice account, un-
less the President certifies that such a transfer is necessary 
to the national security interests of the United States, and 
such authority shall not be delegated, and shall be subject 
to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 106. The Attorney General is authorized to make 
permanent the Personnel Management Demonstration 
Project transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to sec-
tion 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public 
Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 533) without limitation on the 
number of employees or the positions covered. 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
Public Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the
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conduct of undercover investigative operations and shall 
apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to any 
undercover investigative operation initiated by the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is nec-
essary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against 
the United States. 
SEC. 108. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Fed-
eral Prisons System shall be in the amounts and accounts 
specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 
That within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Bureau 
of Prisons will submit a comprehensive financial plan for 
the Federal Prison System to the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That no funds appropriated for the 
Federal Prison System in this or any other Appropriations 
Act for the construction of new facilities may be rescinded, 
cancelled, or used for any other purpose. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose 
of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant 
to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such 
a prisoner.
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SEC. 110. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, video-
cassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equip-
ment used primarily for recreational purposes. 
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the rent-
ing, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 111. Within the funds provided under ‘‘Justice 
Information Sharing Technology’’, the Attorney General 
shall establish an investment review board, which the Dep-
uty Attorney General shall head: Provided, That within 90 
days of enactment of this Act, the Department shall submit 
a plan that outlines the governance structure and member-
ship of the board: Provided further, That the Department 
shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 
the project criteria that will trigger the board’s oversight, 
to include a listing of all projects to be reviewed during 
fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 112. Section 3151(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by—
(1) striking paragraph (2)(A) and (B);
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(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(3) redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND 
RELATED AGENCIES 
TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 
RELATED AGENCIES 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult-
ants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $40,997,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That not less than $2,000,000 provided under this heading 
shall be for expenses authorized by 19 U.S.C. 2451 and 
1677b(c): Provided further, That negotiations shall be con-
ducted within the World Trade Organization to recognize 
the right of members to distribute monies collected from 
antidumping and countervailing duties: Provided further, 
That negotiations shall be conducted within the World
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Trade Organization consistent with the negotiating objec-
tives contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–
210. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $62,752,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical 
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of 
employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily 
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of 
the United States and Foreign Commercial Service between 
two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services;
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rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, 
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur-
chase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 
when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$327,000 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not 
to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on offi-
cial motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $409,625,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $8,000,000 is 
to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the Inter-
national Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302: Provided, That $48,134,000 shall be for Manufac-
turing and Services; $39,815,000 shall be for Market Access 
and Compliance; $64,134,000 shall be for the Import Ad-
ministration; $231,722,000 shall be for Trade Promotion 
and the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; 
and $25,820,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Ad-
ministration: Provided further, That negotiations shall be 
conducted within the World Trade Organization to recog-
nize the right of members to distribute monies collected from 
antidumping and countervailing duties: Provided further, 
That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) 
and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and
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Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities without 
regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competi-
tiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for the pur-
pose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
shall include payment for assessments for services provided 
as part of these activities: Provided further, That the Inter-
national Trade Administration shall be exempt from the re-
quirements of Circular A–25 (or any successor administra-
tive regulation or policy) issued by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget: Provided further, That negotiations shall 
be conducted within the World Trade Organization con-
sistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the 
Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized
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in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official 
representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to 
informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, 
and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles 
for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles 
eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation 
otherwise established by law, $77,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $7,200,000 shall be for inspec-
tions and other activities related to national security: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro-
vided further, That payments and contributions collected 
and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 
such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 
of such activities, and for providing information to the pub-
lic with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
export control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, $283,985,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$30,939,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act 
of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
other agreements with public or private organizations, 
$30,727,000. 
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department
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of Commerce, $81,283,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $183,029,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For nessary expenses related to the 2010 decennial cen-
sus, $390,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006. 
In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for 
by law, $154,356,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2006. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $20,255,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, and operations, and related services and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections
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for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 
agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of grants authorized by section 
392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $22,000,000, to 
remain available until expended as authorized by section 
391 of the Act: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall 
be available for program administration as authorized by 
section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior 
year unobligated balances may be made available for grants 
for projects for which applications have been submitted and 
approved during any fiscal year. 
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, $15,000,000, to remain available 
until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Pro-
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vided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for 
program administration and other support activities as au-
thorized by section 391: Provided further, That, of the funds 
appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be avail-
able for telecommunications research activities for projects 
related directly to the development of a national informa-
tion infrastructure: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the requirements of sections 392(a) and 392(c) of 
the Act, these funds may be used for the planning and con-
struction of telecommunications networks for the provision 
of educational, health care, or public information: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no entity that receives telecommunications services at pref-
erential rates under section 254(h) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 
254(h)) or receives assistance under the regional informa-
tion sharing systems grant program of the Department of 
Justice under part M of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h) may 
use funds under a grant under this heading to cover any 
costs of the entity that would otherwise be covered by such 
preferential rates or such assistance, as the case may be. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office provided for by law, including defense