(as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of basic pay,
of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of
that title; and (2) the present value of the otherwise un-
funded accruing costs, as determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance and
post-retirement health benefits coverage for all PTO em-
ployees, shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund, the Employees Life Insurance
Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits Fund, as ap-
propriate, and shall be available for the authorized pur-
poses of those accounts.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for
Technology Office of Technology Policy, $6,547,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $375,838,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed
$8,982,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital
Fund’’.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, $106,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
278c–278e,
$43,132,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft;
grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi-
zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant
to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as
authorized, $2,245,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006: Provided, That fees and donations re-
ceived by the National Ocean Service for the management
of the national marine sanctuaries may be retained and
used for the salaries and expenses associated with those
activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-
ther, That, in addition, $79,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop
Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American
Fisheries’’: Provided further, That, of the $2,337,000,000
provided for in direct obligations under this heading (of
which $2,245,000,000 is appropriated from the General
Fund, $79,000,000 is provided by transfer, and
$13,000,000 is derived from deobligations from prior
years), $351,000,000 shall be for the National Ocean
Service, $525,700,000 shall be for the National Marine
Fisheries Service, $318,500,000 shall be for Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, $698,700,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Weather Service, $139,500,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service, and $303,600,000 shall be for Program Support:
Provided further, That no general administrative charge
shall be applied against an assigned activity included in
this Act or the report accompanying this Act: Provided
further, That the total amount available for National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration corporate services
administrative 
support 
costs 
shall 
not 
exceed
$173,600,000: Provided further, That any deviation from
the amounts designated for specific activities in the report
accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances
of funds provided under this heading in previous years