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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section
311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and section 126(g)
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986,
$78,774,000.
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth
in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and
section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended,
$73,467,000, which may be derived to the extent funds are available
from the Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant
to section 517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health
assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evalua-
tions, or activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing,
clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited
health care providers: Provided further, That in performing any
such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity,
the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines
in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant
to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2004, and existing
profiles may be updated as necessary.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For science and technology, including research and development
activities, which shall include research and development activities
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate
payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement
of laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating expenses
in support of research and development; construction, alteration,
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$85,000 per project, $786,324,000, which shall remain available
until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the funds provided
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under this heading in Public Law 108–7, in reference to item
number 9, the Administrator is authorized to make a grant of
$436,000 to the City of San Bernardino, California.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For environmental programs and management, including nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and
related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for
senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase
of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which
issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower
than to subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration,
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$85,000 per project; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception
and representation expenses, $2,293,578,000, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2005, including administrative costs
of the brownfields program under the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation,
and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project,
$37,558,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration,
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by,
the Environmental Protection Agency, $40,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6),
and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000
per project; $1,265,000,000, to remain available until expended,
consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund upon
the date of enactment of this Act as authorized by section 517(a)
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
(SARA) and up to $1,265,000,000 as a payment from general reve-
nues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as author-
ized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$13,214,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’
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appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2005, and
$44,697,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and technology’’
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2005.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, not to exceed $85,000 per project, $76,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$16,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund,
to remain available until expended.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance,
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and
performance partnership grants, $3,896,800,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended (the ‘‘Act’’), of which up to $75,000,000 shall be available
for loans, including interest free loans as authorized by 33 U.S.C.
1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter-municipal, interstate, or State
agencies or nonprofit entities for projects that provide treatment
for or that minimize sewage or stormwater discharges using one
or more approaches which include, but are not limited to, decentral-
ized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized wastewater
treatment, low-impact development practices, conservation ease-
ments, stream buffers, or wetlands restoration; $850,000,000 shall
be for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended, except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made available
under this heading in this Act, or in previous appropriations Acts,
shall be reserved by the Administrator for health effects studies
on drinking water contaminants; $50,000,000 shall be for architec-
tural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activi-
ties in connection with the construction of high priority water
and wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico
Border, after consultation with the appropriate border commission;
$43,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to address
drinking water and waste infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska
Native Villages: Provided, That, of these funds: (1) the State of
Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (2) no more than
5 percent of the funds may be used for administrative and overhead
expenses; and (3) not later than October 1, 2004, and thereafter,
a statewide priority list shall be established which shall remain
in effect for at least 3 years for all water, sewer, waste disposal,
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are
funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
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Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in regional
hub communities; $3,500,000 shall be for remediation of above
ground leaking fuel tanks pursuant to Public Law 106–554;
$325,000,000 shall be for making grants for the construction of
drinking water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure and
for water quality protection in accordance with the terms and
conditions specified for such grants in the joint explanatory state-
ment of the managers accompanying this Act, and, for purposes
of these grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 45
percent of the cost of the project unless the grantee is approved
for a waiver by the Agency; $6,600,000 for grants for construction
of alternative decentralized wastewater facilities under the National
Decentralized Wastewater Demonstration program, in accordance
with the terms and conditions specified in the joint explanatory
statement of the managers accompanying this Act; $93,500,000
shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended, including grants, interagency agreements,
and associated program support costs; and $1,175,200,000 shall
be for grants, including associated program support costs, to States,
federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and
air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media pollu-
tion prevention, control and abatement and related activities,
including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this
heading in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under
section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring
and data collection activities of which and subject to terms and
conditions specified by the Administrator, of which $50,000,000
shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended,
and $20,000,000 shall be for Environmental Information Exchange
Network grants, including associated program support costs: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2004, State authority under
section 302(a) of Public Law 104–182 shall remain in effect: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Act,
the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control
revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the
fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans
made by such fund in fiscal year 2004 and prior years where
such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the
extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the
Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including adminis-
tration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2004, and notwith-
standing section 518(f) of the Act, the Administrator is authorized
to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section
319 of that Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections
319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal
year 2004, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section
518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 11⁄2 percent of the funds appro-
priated for State Revolving Funds under title VI of that Act may
be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c)
of such Act: Provided further, That no funds provided by this
legislation to address the water, wastewater and other critical infra-
structure needs of the colonias in the United States along the
United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county
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or municipal government unless that government has established
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents
in that jurisdiction the development or construction of any addi-
tional colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia
the construction of any new home, business, or other structure
which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure:
Provided further, That the referenced statement of the managers
under this heading in Public Law 106–377 is deemed to be amended
by striking ‘‘wastewater’’ in reference to item number 219 and
inserting ‘‘water’’: Provided further, That the referenced statement
of the managers under this heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed
to be amended by striking ‘‘wastewater’’ in reference to item number
409 and inserting ‘‘water’’: Provided further, That the referenced
statement of the managers under this heading in Public Law 108–
7, item number 383, is deemed to be amended by adding after
the word ‘‘overflow’’, ‘‘and water infrastructure’’: Provided further,
That the referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108–7, item number 255, is deemed to be amended
by inserting ‘‘water and’’ after the words ‘‘Mississippi for’’: Provided
further, That the referenced statement of the managers under this
heading in Public Law 108–7, item number 256, is deemed to
be amended by adding after the word ‘‘for’’, ‘‘water and’’: Provided
further, That the referenced statement of the managers under this
heading in Public Law 105–276, in reference to item number 19,
is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Wolfe County’’, and inserting
‘‘the City of Campton’’: Provided further, That the referenced state-
ment of the managers under this heading in Public Law 108–
7, in reference to item number 364, is deemed to be amended
by striking everything after ‘‘improvements’’: Provided further, That
the referenced statement of the managers under this heading in
Public Law 108–7, in reference to item number 191, is deemed
to be amended by striking ‘‘wastewater’’, and inserting ‘‘water’’:
Provided further, That the referenced statement of the managers
under this heading in Public Law 108–7, in reference to item
number 223, is deemed to be amended by adding, ‘‘and for other
projects within Indian Head after the needs of Woodland Village
are met.’’: Provided further, That the referenced statement of the
managers under this heading in Public Law 106–377 is deemed
to be amended in reference to item number 234, as amended,
by striking everything after ‘‘234.’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,500,000 for
the Town of Delbarton Wastewater Collection and Treatment
Replacement/Upgrade Project.’’: Provided further, That the ref-
erenced statement of the managers under this heading in Public
Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘wastewater’’
in reference to item number 469 and inserting ‘‘water’’: Provided
further, That the referenced statement of the managers under this
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended by striking
‘‘Fayette, Mississippi for the Jefferson County’’ in reference to item
number 263 and inserting ‘‘Jefferson County, Mississippi’’: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall certify
grant amendments for grant number C34–0714–03.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
For fiscal year 2004, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal
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environmental programs required or authorized by law in the
absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative
agreements to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal con-
sortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the Adminis-
trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian
Tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such coopera-
tive agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State
financial assistance agreements.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (as added by subsection (f)(2) of the Pesticide
Registration Improvement Act of 2003).
Notwithstanding CERCLA 104(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV), appropriated
funds for fiscal year 2004 may be used to award grants or loans
under section 104(k) of CERCLA to eligible entities that satisfy
all of the elements set forth in CERCLA section 101(40) to qualify
as a bona fide prospective purchaser except that the date of acquisi-
tion of the property was prior to the date of enactment of the
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield Revitalization Act
of 2001.
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 National Science and
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42
U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for
official reception and representation expenses, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,027,000.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental
Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official
reception and representation expenses, $3,238,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties
of the Council.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $30,125,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance
Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC
Resolution Fund.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND
For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Information
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $14,000,000,
to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Information Center Fund:
Provided, That the appropriations, revenues, and collections depos-
ited into the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of
Federal Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate
amount not to exceed $21,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and
collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2004 in excess
of $21,000,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available
for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code)
of the Interagency Council on the Homeless in carrying out the
functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act, as amended, $1,500,000.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SPACE FLIGHT CAPABILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of space flight capabilities research and
development activities, including research, development, operations,
support and services; maintenance; construction of facilities
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization and modification of
facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing
facilities, facility planning and design, and acquisition or condemna-
tion of real property, as authorized by law; environmental compli-
ance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and commu-
nications activities including operations, production, and services;
program management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and oper-
ation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,512,100,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2005, of which $15,000,000
of amounts for the Space Shuttle Life Extension Program shall
be for the development and independent assessment of concepts
to increase Space Shuttle crew survivability for crew sizes of 4
to 7 astronauts, and of which amounts as determined by the
Administrator for salaries and benefits; training, travel and awards;
facility and related costs; information technology services; science,
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engineering, fabricating and testing services; and other administra-
tive services may be transferred to ‘‘Science, aeronautics and explo-
ration’’ in accordance with section 312(b) of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106–
377.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of science, aeronautics and exploration research
and development activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support and services; maintenance; construction of facilities
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of
facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to existing
facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisi-
tion or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; environ-
mental compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control
and communications activities including operations, production, and
services; program management; personnel and related costs,
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and oper-
ation of mission and administrative aircraft, $7,929,900,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2005, of which amounts as
determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; training,
travel and awards; facility and related costs; information technology
services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing services; and
other administrative services may be transferred to ‘‘Space flight
capabilities’’ in accordance with section 312(b) of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106–
377.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$27,300,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and exploration’’, or ‘‘Space
flight capabilities’’ by this appropriations Act, when any activity
has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction
of facilities or environmental compliance and restoration activities
as authorized by law, such amount available for such activity shall
remain available until expended. This provision does not apply
to the amounts appropriated for institutional minor revitalization
and construction of facilities, and institutional facility planning
and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and exploration’’, or ‘‘Space
flight capabilities’’ by this appropriations Act, the amounts appro-
priated for construction of facilities shall remain available until
September 30, 2006.
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From amounts made available in this Act for these activities,
the Administration may transfer amounts between aeronautics of
the ‘‘Science, aeronautics and exploration’’ account and crosscutting
technologies of the ‘‘Space flight capabilities’’ account.
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed
or the offer is withdrawn.
The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to NASA for
activities for which funds are provided under this Act may be
transferred to the new account established for the appropriation
that provides such activity under this Act. Balances so transferred
may be merged with funds in the newly established account and
thereafter may be accounted for as one fund under the same terms
and conditions.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 2004, gross obligations of the Central
Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans
to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1795 et seq.,
shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Provided, That administrative
expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2004 shall
not exceed $310,000.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund pro-
gram as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $1,200,000
shall be available: Provided, That of this amount $200,000, together
with amounts of principal and interest on loans repaid, is available
until expended for loans to community development credit unions,
and $1,000,000 is available until September 30, 2004 for technical
assistance to low-income and community development credit unions.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), and
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–
1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and
operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research
support; 
acquisition 
of 
aircraft; 
and 
authorized 
travel;
$4,276,600,000, of which not to exceed $345,000,000 shall remain
available until expended for Polar research and operations support,
and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational
and science support and logistical and other related activities for
the United States Antarctic program; the balance to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005: Provided, That receipts for scientific
support services and materials furnished by the National Research
Centers and other National Science Foundation supported research
facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in