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shall be used to provide a grant to the Middle Eastern Text 
Initiative for translation and publishing of middle eastern 
text: Provided further, That no funds made available under 
this heading may be expended inconsistently with the provi-
sions and intent of section 1006 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83), as amend-
ed, and the memorandum of understanding between the Li-
brary of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on 
December 12, 2004. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office and the 
new Copyright Royalty Judges program, $57,322,000, of 
which not more than $30,481,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this 
appropriation during fiscal year 2006 under section 708(d) 
of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That the Copy-
right Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived 
from collections under such section, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That not more than $4,141,000 shall 
be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 under 
sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of 
such title: Provided further, That the total amount available 
for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which col-
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lections are less than $34,622,000: Provided further, That 
not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is 
available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy-
right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of 
Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses for 
activities of the International Copyright Institute and for 
copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars. 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $101,755,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate.
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BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 
3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$64,172,000, of which $25,667,000 shall remain available 
until expended and of which $800,000 shall be available to 
the Librarian of Congress to pay telecommunications costs 
for eligible readers to have interstate toll free access to elec-
tronic editions of periodicals and newspapers, disseminated 
in specialized audio and electronic text formats from a 
multi-State nonprofit source which obtains content from 
publishers for free distribution to blind and physically 
handicapped readers in a minimum of 20 States. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 
amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 
Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 
awards program. 
SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC-
TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2006, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$109,943,000.
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(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2006, 
the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS’’ under the subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro-
gram and the Federal Research Program established under 
section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 
182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap-
propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li-
brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 
of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 
SEC. 1303. NATIONAL DIGITAL INFORMATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. The Miscella-
neous Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted into law by sec-
tion 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554, 114 Stat. 2763A–194) 
is amended in the first proviso under the subheading ‘‘SAL-
ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS’’ in chapter 9 of division A by adding at the