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than an officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized 
by the Corporation to receive such information. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as 
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which 
shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the 
fiscal year 2008, $400,000,000: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall 
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertain-
ment for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 
none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from which 
any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or 
sex: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2006, in addition to 
the amounts provided above, $30,000,000 shall be for costs related 
to digital program production, development, and distribution, associ-
ated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broad-
casting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in con-
sultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, 
or their designated representatives: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2006, in addition to the amounts provided above, $35,000,000 
shall be for the costs associated with replacement and upgrade 
of the public television interconnection system: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting by this Act, Public Law 108–199 or Public 
Law 108–7, shall be used to support the Television Future Fund 
or any similar purpose. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor 
Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary 
for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 
175a); and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out 
the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public 
Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. chapter 71), $43,031,000, including $400,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2007, for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 
U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees 
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and 
other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including 
those provided to foreign governments and international organiza-
tions, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged 
with this account, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development of the 
agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service 
is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States 
gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 
of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction.
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FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $7,809,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 
1996, $249,640,000, to remain available until expended. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $10,168,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the National Commission on 
Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of July 
20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended), $993,000. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $3,144,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141–167), and other 
laws, $252,268,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural 
laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural 
laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 
(29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Rela-
tions Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of 
the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said 
definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation 
of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or 
operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent 
of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.
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NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–188), including emer-
gency boards appointed by the President, $11,628,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $10,510,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$97,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 
fiscal year 2006 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 
98–76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of 
the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit 
received exceeds $97,000,000: Provided, That the total amount pro-
vided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007, which shall be the maximum 
amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public 
Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for 
administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act, $102,543,000, to be derived in such 
amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement 
accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment 
insurance administration fund. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more than 
$7,196,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts 
and railroad unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available in any other paragraph of this Act 
may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; 
used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, commu-
nications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administra-
tive services for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or
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award for any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other 
operating expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office 
for any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided under 
sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 
$20,470,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93–
66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including 
payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, $29,369,174,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the 
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that 
year shall be returned to the Treasury. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 
such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security 
Act 
for 
the 
first 
quarter 
of 
fiscal 
year 
2007, 
$11,110,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, not more than $9,079,400,000 may 
be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: 
Provided, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social 
Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal 
year 2006 not needed for fiscal year 2006 shall remain available 
until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration 
information technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-
ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll 
administrative expenses associated solely with this information 
technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for 
expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security 
Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States 
Code, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations 
pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise 
appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.
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In addition, $119,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended. 
To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such section 
1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2006 exceed $119,000,000, the 
amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2007 only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act 
(Public Law 108–203), which shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $26,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$66,400,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice 
of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House and Senate. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred 
balances are used for the same purpose, and for the same periods 
of time, for which they were originally appropriated. 
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. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to sup-
port or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State 
legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 
legislature itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract 
recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity 
designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before 
the Congress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are author-
ized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respec-
tively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles
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I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation 
expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service is authorized to make available for official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds avail-
able for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is 
authorized to make available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘Salaries 
and expenses, National Mediation Board’’. 
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to carry out any 
program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypo-
dermic injection of any illegal drug. 
SEC. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 
including but not limited to State and local governments and recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state—
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
sources. 
SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 
in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of 
the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in 
this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes 
coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package 
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization 
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 508. (a) The limitations established in the preceding sec-
tion shall not apply to an abortion—
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-
endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the 
pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place 
the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or 
locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State
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or local government, if such agency, program, or government sub-
jects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimina-
tion on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, 
pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes 
an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, 
a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organiza-
tion, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care 
facility, organization, or plan. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for—
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses 
in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo 
or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as a human 
subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or 
any other means from one or more human gametes or human 
diploid cells. 
SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of 
any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules 
of controlled substances established by section 202 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812). 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there 
is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the 
use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored 
clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advan-
tage. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 
1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2(b)) providing 
for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier 
for an individual (except in an individual’s capacity as an employer 
or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically 
approving the standard. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with 
an entity if—
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) 
of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an 
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment 
of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required 
by that section for the most recent year for which such require-
ment was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act.
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SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made 
available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 9134(f)), as amended by the Children’s 
Internet Protections Act, unless such library has made the certifi-
cations required by paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 may be made available to any elementary 
or secondary school covered by paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6777(a)), as amended by the Children’s 
Internet Protections Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless 
the local educational agency with responsibility for such covered 
school has made the certifications required by paragraph (2) of 
such section. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
be used to enter into an arrangement under section 7(b)(4) of 
the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(4)) with 
a nongovernmental financial institution to serve as disbursing agent 
for benefits payable under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. 
SEC. 517. (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 obligation 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 
restricted; 
(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 Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress 
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an 
announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever 
occurs earlier. 
(b) 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 obligation 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 in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—
(1) 
augments 
existing 
programs, 
projects 
(including 
construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, 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;
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unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress 
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an 
announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever 
occurs earlier. 
SEC. 518. (a) Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1427), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) The continuous residency requirement under subsection 
(a) may be reduced to 3 years for an applicant for naturalization 
if— 
‘‘(A) the applicant is the beneficiary of an approved petition 
for classification under section 204(a)(1)(E); 
‘‘(B) the applicant has been approved for adjustment of 
status under section 245(a); and 
‘‘(C) such reduction is necessary for the applicant to rep-
resent the United States at an international event. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjudicate an 
application for naturalization under this section not later than 
30 days after the submission of such application if the applicant— 
‘‘(A) requests such expedited adjudication in order to rep-
resent the United States at an international event; and 
‘‘(B) demonstrates that such expedited adjudication is 
related to such representation. 
‘‘(3) An applicant is ineligible for expedited adjudication under 
paragraph (2) if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
that such expedited adjudication poses a risk to national security. 
Such a determination by the Secretary shall not be subject to 
review. 
‘‘(4)(A) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall charge and collect a $1,000 
premium processing fee from each applicant described in this sub-
section to offset the additional costs incurred to expedite the proc-
essing of applications under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) The fee collected under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited 
as offsetting collections in the Immigration Examinations Fee 
Account.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) is repealed on 
January 1, 2006. 
SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a 
Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation 
or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate 
holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and 
necessary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false 
or misleading. 
SEC. 520. The $3,170,927,000 made available under this Act 
under the heading Program Management under the heading Cen-
ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall be reduced by 
$60,000,000: Provided, That none of the reduction shall be taken 
from research, demonstration, and evaluation activities or from 
State survey and certification activities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the amounts specified under such heading for the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services System Revitalization 
Plan and for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General 
Ledger Accounting System, such amounts may be reduced by the 
Secretary.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.