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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, $5,564,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—SCIENCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the amounts made available elsewhere in this title to the 
‘‘National Institute of Standards and Technology, Con-
struction of Research Facilities’’, $8,000,000 is for a cooper-
ative agreement with the Medical University of South Caro-
lina; $20,000,000 is for the National Formulation Science 
Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi; 
$20,000,000 is for the University of Mississippi Research 
Park; $5,000,000 is for the Alabama State University 
Science and Education Building; $8,000,000 is for Tusca-
loosa, Alabama, revitalization; $20,000,000 is for the Bio-
medical Research Center at the University of Alabama at 
Birmingham; and $30,000,000 is for the University of Ala-
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bama for the design and construction of the Science and 
Engineering Center. 
SEC. 302. Of the amount available from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, $10,000,000 shall be 
provided to the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board, 
$5,000,000 shall be available to the Southern Shrimp Alli-
ance for its ‘‘Wild American Shrimp Marketing Program’’. 
SEC. 303. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction, Na-
tional 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration’’, 
$12,000,000 shall be transferred to the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration for the planning, design, and 
construction of Building 3203, and for the planning and 
design of Buildings 3205 and 3216. 
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, of the amounts made available in this title under the 
heading ‘‘NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-
TRATION’’ and under the subheading ‘‘OPERATIONS, RE-
SEARCH, AND FACILITIES’’, not less than $5,800,000 shall 
be made available for the National Hurricane Center and 
that such amount may be used to employ individuals in 
43 full-time equivalent positions at the National Hurricane 
Center.
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SEC. 305. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-
TRATION’’ and the subheading ‘‘OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, 
AND FACILITIES’’, sufficient funds may be provided to im-
plement the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amend-
ments Act of 2004 (title I of Public Law 108–456; 16 U.S.C. 
1451 note). 
SEC. 306. It is the sense of Congress that the U.S. 
Coral Reef Task Force should join with its Federal and 
State partners to provide an appropriate level of financial 
and technical support to make the 11th International Coral 
Reef Symposium a successful event. 
SEC. 307. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this title under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL 
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION’’, $859,300,000 
shall be available for aeronautics research and development 
programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. Of the amount available under this section in excess 
of $852,300,000, not more than 50 percent of such excess 
amount may be derived from any particular account of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations 
Act, 2006’’.
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TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be 
used to employ consultants: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to 
employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Sched-
ule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assist-
ant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to 
reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, 
with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 
billable days. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621–634), 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil 
Rights Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards to private citi-
zens; and not to exceed $33,000,000 for payments to State
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and local enforcement agencies for services to the Commis-
sion pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employ-
ment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and 
the Civil Rights Act of 1991, $331,228,000: Provided, That 
the Commission is authorized to make available for official 
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 
from available funds: Provided further, That the Commis-
sion may take no action to implement any workforce repo-
sitioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time 
as the Committees on Appropriations have been notified of 
such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming pro-
visions of section 505 of this Act. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
not to exceed $9,900,000 for land and structure; not to ex-
ceed $500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and 
repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; purchase and hire of 
motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $297,370,000: Provided, That 
$296,370,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and
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collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2006 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2006 appropriation estimated at $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That any offsetting collections received in 
excess of $296,370,000 in fiscal year 2006 shall remain 
available until expended, but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 2006: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use 
of a competitive bidding system that may be retained and 
made available for obligation shall not exceed $85,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $211,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 
for use to contract with a person or persons for collection
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services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 
Provided further, 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: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $23,000,000 in 
offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to imple-
ment and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promul-
gated under the Telephone Consumer Fraud and Abuse Pre-
vention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to 
this account, and be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2006, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2006 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$72,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used 
to enforce subsection (e) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t) or section 151(b)(2) of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act 
of 1991 (12 U.S.C. 1831t note): Provided further, That here-
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after no funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall 
be expended to remove the Federal Trade Commission from 
its headquarters building, the Federal Trade Commission 
Building, located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, 
Washington, DC; to render such building appropriate for 
occupation by another Federal agency or other organization 
or division thereof; or to locate any such agency, organiza-
tion, or division in said building. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $358,527,000, of which $346,251,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits (of 
which $8,000,000 is for basic field programs providing legal 
assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina). 
Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Act, the 
sums appropriated for the Department of Justice are re-
duced by $37,000,000. This reduction is to be taken by the 
Attorney General from accounts receiving an increase in 
travel and transportation of persons as specified in the 
President’s Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Submittal to Congress 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. section 1105 and which are in excess 
of the fiscal year 2005 level; $2,600,000 is for the Office 
of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be nec-
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essary may be used to conduct additional audits of recipi-
ents; $13,900,000 is for management and administration; 
$3,400,000 is for client self-help and information tech-
nology; and $2,849,000 is for grants to offset losses due to 
census adjustments. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose pro-
hibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions 
of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105–119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 
all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 
shall be deemed to refer instead to 2005 and 2006, respec-
tively, and except that section 501(a)(1) of Public Law 104– 
134 (110 Stat. 1321–51, et seq.) shall not apply to the use 
of the $1,775,000 to address loss of funding due to Census- 
based reallocations. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 
$2,000,000.
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NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Veterans Busi-
ness Development Corporation as authorized under section 
33(a) of the Small Business Act, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$888,117,000; of which not to exceed $13,000 may be used 
toward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of 
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses 
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, 
members of their delegations, appropriate representatives 
and staff to exchange views concerning developments relat-
ing to securities matters, development and implementation 
of cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and 
provision of technical assistance for the development of for-
eign securities markets, such expenses to include necessary
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logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of 
Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance at such 
consultations and meetings including: (1) such incidental 
expenses as meals taken in the course of such attendance; 
(2) any travel and transportation to or from such meetings; 
and (3) any other related lodging or subsistence: Provided, 
That fees and charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the Se-
curities Exchange Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 
14(g) and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited to this 
account as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $863,117,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 
available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac-
count: Provided further, That $25,000,000 shall be derived 
from prior year unobligated balances from funds previously 
appropriated to the Securities and Exchange Commission: 
Provided further, That the total amount appropriated 
under this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 
2006 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received 
so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2006 appropria-
tion from the general fund estimated at not more than $0. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public
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Law 106–554, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $336,084,000: Provided, That the Administrator is 
authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications 
developed by the Small Business Administration, and cer-
tain loan servicing activities: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all 
such activities shall be credited to this account, to be avail-
able for carrying out these purposes without further appro-
priations: Provided further, That $89,000,000 shall be 
available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2006 
or fiscal year 2007 as authorized: Provided further, That 
the Small Business Administration is authorized to award 
grants under the Women’s Business Center Sustainability 
Pilot Program established by section 4(a) of Public Law 
106–165 (15 U.S.C. 656(l)): Provided further, That, of the 
amounts provided for Women’s Business Centers, not less 
than 48 percent shall be available to continue Women’s 
Business Centers in sustainability status. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $14,500,000.
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SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees 
Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Invest-
ment Act, as amended, $3,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $2,000,000, as au-
thorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, to remain available until 
September 30, 2006: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That subject to section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2006 commitments 
to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed the levels estab-
lished under 20(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act: Pro-
vided further, That during fiscal year 2006 commitments 
for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of 
the Small Business Act, shall not exceed the levels estab-
lished under 20(e)(1)(B)(i) of the Small Business Act: Pro-
vided further, That during fiscal year 2006 commitments 
to guarantee loans for debentures and participating securi-
ties under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958, shall not exceed the levels established by section 
20(i)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act.
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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $126,653,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) 
of the Small Business Act, $83,335,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan program, $56,000,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries and 
Expenses, of which $1,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Small Business Administration for audits 
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan program 
and shall be transferred to and merged with appropriations 
for the Office of Inspector General; of which $46,100,000 
is for direct administrative expenses of loan making and 
servicing to carry out the direct loan program; and of which 
$9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses and may 
be transferred to and merged with funds in the Salaries 
and Expenses appropriations account: Provided, That any 
amount to be transferred to and merged with appropria-
tions for Salaries and Expenses for any purpose shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of
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this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572), $5,000,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and
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Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Adminis-
tration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a quar-
terly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobli-
gated funds that were made available to any such agency 
in any previous appropriations Act. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected 
thereby. 
SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
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gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new 
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes 
or renames offices; (6) reorganizes programs or activities; 
or (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Ap-
propriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are no-
tified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for ac-
tivities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects (includ-
ing construction projects), or activities; (2) reduces by 10
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percent funding for any existing program, project, or activ-
ity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by 
Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a 
reduction in personnel which would result in a change in 
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by 
Congress; unless the Appropriations Committees of both 
Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds: Provided, That transfers may not 
be made from ‘‘Buildings and Facilities, Federal Prison 
System’’ to any other Department of Justice account. 
SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 
in this Act or any other Act may be used for the construc-
tion, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, con-
version, or modernization of vessels for the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located 
outside of the United States. 
SEC. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court 
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a 
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 
contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-