vided in this Act: Provided further, That the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 
manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or 
in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 
and host countries already identified by the United States 
Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. For purposes of chapter 8 of division B 
of the Department of Defense and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response 
to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (Pub-
lic Law 107–117), payments made by the New York 
Workers’ Compensation Board to the New York Crime 
Victims Board and the New York State Insurance Fund 
before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
deemed to have been made for workers compensation pro-
grams. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, 
XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 
427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, 
title V and sections 1128E, 711, and 1820 of the Social 
Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act 
of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Act of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act 
of 2000, and the Poison Control Center Enhancement and 
Awareness Act, as amended, and for expenses necessary 
to support activities related to countering potential biologi-
cal, disease, nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to 
civilian 
populations, 
$6,446,357,000, 
of 
which 
$39,180,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding sec-
tion 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available 
for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility 
grants program under section 1820 of such Act: Provided, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$222,000 shall be available until expended for facilities 
renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Cen-
ter: Provided further, That in addition to fees authorized 
by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement
Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure 
of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full 
costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, 
and shall remain available until expended to carry out that 
Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the full dis-
closure of information under the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and 
Abuse Data Collection Program’’, authorized by section 
1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient 
to recover the full costs of operating the program, and 
shall remain available until expended to carry out that 
Act: Provided further, That $26,000,000 of the funding 
provided for Health Centers shall be used for high-need 
counties, notwithstanding section 330(s)(2)(B) of the 
Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That no more 
than $45,000,000 is available until expended for carrying 
out the provisions of Public Law 104–73: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$285,963,000 shall be for the program under title X of 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary 
family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts 
provided to said projects under such title shall not be ex-
pended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall 
be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be ex-
pended for any activity (including the publication or dis-
tribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 
candidate for public office: Provided further, That 
$797,521,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance 
Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health 
Service Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts 
provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from 
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health 
Service Act to carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of title 
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to fund section 
2691 Special Projects of National Significance: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the 
Social Security Act, not to exceed $116,124,000 is avail-
able for carrying out special projects of regional and na-
tional significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such 
Act. 
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act, as amended. For administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, includ-
ing section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, 
$2,916,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST 
FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for 
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with 
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 
1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public 
Health Service Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 
to exceed $3,500,000 shall be available from the Trust 
Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING 
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, 
XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal 
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 
22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 
title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and sec-
tion 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, 
and for expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radio-
logical and chemical threats to civilian populations; includ-
ing purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in 
foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and
operation 
of 
aircraft, 
$5,945,991,000, 
of 
which 
$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
equipment, and construction and renovation of facilities; 
of which $30,000,000 of the amounts available for immu-
nization activities shall remain available until expended; 
of which $530,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the Strategic National Stockpile; and of which 
$123,883,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 
available until September 30, 2007. In addition, such 
sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which 
shall be credited to this account: Provided, That in addi-
tion to amounts provided herein, the following amounts 
shall be available from amounts available under section 
241 of the Public Health Service Act: 
(1) $12,794,000 to carry out the National Im-
munization Surveys; 
(2) $3,516,000 to carry out the National Cen-
ter for Health Statistics surveys; 
(3) $24,751,000 to carry out information sys-
tems standards development and architecture and 
applications-based research used at local public 
health levels; 
(4) $463,000 for Health Marketing evaluations; 
(5) $31,000,000 to carry out Public Health Re-
search; and
(6) $87,071,000 to carry out research activities 
within the National Occupational Research Agenda: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in 
part, to advocate or promote gun control: Provided further, 
That up to $30,000,000 shall be made available until ex-
pended for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time 
equivalent employees of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention: Provided further, That the Director may 
redirect the total amount made available under authority 
of Public Law 101–502, section 3, dated November 3, 
1990, to activities the Director may so designate: Provided 
further, That the Congress is to be notified promptly of 
any such transfer: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$12,500,000 may be available for making grants under 
section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act to not more 
than 15 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That without regard to existing statute, funds ap-
propriated may be used to proceed, at the discretion of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with 
property acquisition, including a long-term ground lease 
for construction on non-Federal land, to support the con-
struction of a replacement laboratory in the Fort Collins, 
Colorado area: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated, $10,000 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses when specifically approved by the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Pro-
vided further, That employees of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both 
civilian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, 
municipalities, or other organizations under authority of 
section 214 of the Public Health Service Act for purposes 
related to homeland security, shall be treated as non-Fed-
eral employees for reporting purposes only and shall not 
be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the 
Agency, Service, or the Department of Health and Human 
Services during the period of detail or assignment. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic 
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
cancer, 
$4,841,774,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used 
for facilities repairs and improvements at the NCI-Fred-
erick Federally Funded Research and Development Center 
in Frederick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung,
and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, 
$2,951,270,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, 
$393,269,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE 
AND KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and diges-
tive and kidney disease, $1,722,146,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 
AND STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to neurological dis-
orders and stroke, $1,550,260,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infec-
tious diseases, $4,359,395,000: Provided, That up to 
$30,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction 
grants to enhance the Nation’s capability to do research 
on biological and other agents.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to general medical 
sciences, $1,955,170,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to child health and 
human development, $1,277,544,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and 
visual disorders, $673,491,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV 
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health sciences, $647,608,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic 
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
aging, 
$1,057,203,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and mus-
culoskeletal and skin diseases, $513,063,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other 
communication disorders, $397,432,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, 
$138,729,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and 
alcoholism, $440,333,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, 
$1,010,130,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to mental health, 
$1,417,692,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to human genome re-
search, $490,959,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging 
and bioengineering research, $299,808,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to research resources 
and general research support grants, $1,100,203,000: 
Provided, That none of these funds shall be used to pay 
recipients of the general research support grants program 
any amount for indirect expenses in connection with such 
grants.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to complementary and 
alternative medicine, $122,692,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to minority health and 
health disparities research, $197,379,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities at the John E. 
Fogarty International Center, $67,048,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to health information 
communications, $318,091,000, of which $4,000,000 shall 
be available until expended for improvement of informa-
tion systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2006, the Li-
brary may enter into personal services contracts for the 
provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or con-
structed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes 
of Health: Provided further, That in addition to amounts 
provided herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from 
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health
Service Act to carry out National Information Center on 
Health Services Research and Health Care Technology 
and related health services. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 
the Director, National Institutes of Health, $482,216,000, 
of which up to $10,000,000 shall be used to carry out sec-
tion 217 of this Act: Provided, That funding shall be avail-
able for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That the 
Director may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount 
made available in this or any other Act to all National 
Institutes of Health appropriations to activities the Direc-
tor may so designate: Provided further, That no such ap-
propriation shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by 
any such transfers and that the Congress is promptly noti-
fied of the transfer: Provided further, That the National 
Institutes of Health is authorized to collect third party 
payments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred 
in National Institutes of Health research facilities and 
that such payments shall be credited to the National Insti-
tutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That 
all funds credited to the National Institutes of Health 
Management Fund shall remain available for 1 fiscal year
after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided 
further, That up to $500,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 499 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided 
further, That in addition to the transfer authority provided 
above, a uniform percentage of the amounts appropriated 
in this Act to each Institute and Center may be trans-
ferred and utilized for the National Institutes of Health 
Roadmap for Medical Research: Provided further, That the 
amount utilized under the preceding proviso shall not ex-
ceed $250,000,000 without prior notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts trans-
ferred and utilized under the preceding two provisos shall 
be in addition to amounts made available for the Roadmap 
for Medical Research from the Director’s Discretionary 
Fund and to any amounts allocated to activities related 
to the Roadmap through the normal research priority-set-
ting process of individual Institutes and Centers: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided $10,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses when spe-
cifically approved by the Director of NIH. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 
acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the 
National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of
real property, $81,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public 
Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to substance 
abuse and mental health services, the Protection and Ad-
vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and section 
301 of the PHS Act with respect to program management, 
$3,230,744,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car-
rying out section 520A are available for carrying out sec-
tion 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to amounts provided herein, the following amounts 
shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: 
(1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part 
B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 
1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data col-
lection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
total available under this Act for section 1935(b) ac-
tivities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts ap-
propriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; 
(2) $21,803,000 to carry out subpart I of part 
B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section
1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data col-
lection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
total available under this Act for section 1920(b) ac-
tivities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts ap-
propriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX; 
(3) $16,000,000 to carry out national surveys 
on drug abuse; and 
(4) $4,300,000 to evaluate substance abuse 
treatment programs. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public 
Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social 
Security Act, $318,695,000; and in addition, amounts re-
ceived from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimburs-
able and interagency agreements, and the sale of data 
shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That no amount shall 
be made available pursuant to section 927(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act for fiscal year 2006. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $156,954,419,000, 
to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 2006, payments to States 
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last 
quarter of fiscal year 2006 for unanticipated costs, in-
curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary. 
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, 
$62,783,825,000, to remain available until expended. 
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quar-
ter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in 
effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such 
quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter. 
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 
Funds, as provided under section 1844, 1860D–16, and 
1860D–31 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 
111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, sec-
tion 278(d) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social 
Security Act, $177,742,200,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under 
section 1844, and benefit payments under 1860D–16 and
1860D–31 of the Social Security Act, not anticipated in 
budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 
XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and 
the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 
1988, not to exceed $3,180,284,000, to be transferred 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Sup-
plementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized 
by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 
all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 
Public Health Service Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the 
Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected 
from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds 
derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organiza-
tions established under title XIII of the Public Health 
Service Act shall be credited to and available for carrying 
out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, 
That $24,205,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2007, is for contract costs for CMS’s Systems Revital-
ization Plan: Provided further, That $79,934,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2007, is for contract 
costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Ac-
counting System: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading are available for the Healthy 
Start, Grow Smart program under which the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services may, directly or through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, produce and 
distribute informational materials including, but not lim-
ited to, pamphlets and brochures on infant and toddler 
health care to expectant parents enrolled in the Medicaid 
program and to parents and guardians enrolled in such 
program with infants and children: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed 
to collect fees in fiscal year 2006 from Medicare Advan-
tage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the 
Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with 
risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pur-
suant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act. 
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN 
GUARANTEE FUND 
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 
1308 of the Public Health Service Act, any amounts re-
ceived by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan 
guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service 
Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the 
payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year
2006, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees 
shall be made. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 
ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For making payments to States or other non-Federal 
entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 
U.S.C. ch. 9), $2,121,643,000, to remain available until 
expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2007, $1,200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
For making payments to each State for carrying out 
the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children 
under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the ef-
fective date of the program of Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such 
sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the 
amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures 
under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this ap-
propriation and under such title IV–A as amended by the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under 
section 116(b) of such Act.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 
titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security 
Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for 
the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici-
pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 
as may be necessary. 
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,984,799,000 
(increased by $22,000,000). 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as-
sistance activities and for costs associated with the care 
and placement of unaccompanied alien children authorized 
by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96–422), for carrying out section 462 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
296), and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–179), $560,919,000, of which 
up to $9,915,000 shall be available to carry out the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–
193): Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and section 462 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 for fiscal year 2006 shall be available for the 
costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain 
available through September 30, 2008. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990), 
$2,082,910,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 
State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 
low-income families: Provided, That $18,967,040 shall be 
available for child care resource and referral and school-
aged child care activities, of which $992,000 shall be for 
the Child Care Aware toll-free hotline: Provided further, 
That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved 
by the States under section 658G, $270,490,624 shall be 
reserved by the States for activities authorized under sec-
tion 658G, of which $99,200,000 shall be for activities 
that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Pro-
vided further, That $9,920,000 shall be for use by the Sec-
retary for child care research, demonstration, and evalua-
tion activities.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 
2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 
404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 
under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 
programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 
percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head 
Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 
sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Act, as amended, the Native American Pro-
grams Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95–266 (adop-
tion opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act 
of 1997 (Public Law 105–89), sections 1201 and 1211 
of the Children’s Health Act of 2000, the Abandoned In-
fants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, part B(1) of title IV and 
sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security 
Act, and sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 
103–322; for making payments under the Community 
Services Block Grant Act, sections 439(h), 473A, and
477(i) of the Social Security Act, and title IV of Public 
Law 105–285, and for necessary administrative expenses 
to carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 
XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 
5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 
Act of 1980, sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public 
Law 103–322, and section 126 and titles IV and V of 
Public 
Law 
100–485, 
$8,688,707,000, 
of 
which 
$31,846,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670–679) and may be 
made for adoptions completed before September 30, 2006: 
Provided, That $6,899,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments under the Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 
shall become available October 1, 2006, and remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007: Provided further, That 
$384,672,000 shall be for making payments under the 
Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, 
That not less than $7,242,000 shall be for section 
680(3)(B) of the Community Services Block Grant Act: 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, $8,000,000 shall be available from amounts avail-
able under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act 
to carry out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social 
Security Act: Provided further, That to the extent Commu-
nity Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant 
funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under 
the Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they 
shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next 
fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with 
program purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of in-
tangible property which permits grant funds, or intangible 
assets acquired with funds authorized under section 680 
of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, 
to become the sole property of such grantees after a period 
of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant for 
purposes and uses consistent with the original grant: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated for section 
680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 
as amended, shall be available for financing construction 
and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development 
corporations: Provided further, That $75,000,000 is for a 
compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable or-
ganizations to emulate model social service programs and 
to encourage research on the best practices of social serv-
ice organizations: Provided further, That $14,879,000 
shall be for activities authorized by the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002, of which $9,919,000 shall be for payments 
to States to promote access for voters with disabilities, and 
of which $4,960,000 shall be for payments to States for 
protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabil-
ities: Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall be for 
making competitive grants to provide abstinence education 
(as defined by section 510(b)(2) of the Social Security 
Act) to adolescents, and for Federal costs of administering 
the grant: Provided further, That grants under the imme-
diately preceding proviso shall be made only to public and 
private entities which agree that, with respect to an ado-
lescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education 
under such grant, the entities will not provide to that ado-
lescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, ex-
cept that, in the case of an entity expressly required by 
law to provide health information or services the adoles-
cent shall not be precluded from seeking health informa-
tion or services from the entity in a different setting than 
the setting in which abstinence education was provided: 
Provided further, That within amounts provided herein for 
abstinence education for adolescents, up to $10,000,000 
may be available for a national abstinence education cam-
paign: Provided further, That in addition to amounts pro-
vided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, 
$4,500,000 shall be available from amounts available 
under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to 
carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) 
of adolescent pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided 
further, That $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public 
Assistance Reporting Information System, including 
grants to States to support data collection for a study of 
the system’s effectiveness. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security 
Act, $305,000,000 and for section 437, $99,000,000. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND 
ADOPTION ASSISTANCE 
For making payments to States or other non-Federal 
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, 
$4,852,800,000. 
For making payments to States or other non-Federal 
entities under title IV–E of the Act, for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2007, $1,730,000,000. 
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 
section 474 of title IV–E, for the last 3 months of the 
current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING 
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and 
section 
398 
of 
the 
Public 
Health 
Service 
Act, 
$1,376,217,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be available for 
activities regarding medication management, screening, 
and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse 
drug reactions. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six 
sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI 
of the Public Health Service Act, the United States-Mex-
ico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies 
under 
section 
1110 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
$338,695,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred 
and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the 
Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust 
Fund, and $39,552,000 from the amounts available under 
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading for carrying out title XX of the Public 
Health Service Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities 
specified under section 2003(b)(2), all of which shall be 
for prevention service demonstration grants under section 
510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amend-
ed, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) 
of said title XX: Provided further, That of this amount, 
$52,415,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 
treatment activities; and $5,952,000 shall be to assist Af-
ghanistan in the development of maternal and child health 
clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Af-
ghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002. 
MEDICARE APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for administrative law judges 
responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the So-
cial Security Act (and related provisions of title XI of such 
Act), $60,000,000, to be transferred in appropriate part 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Sup-
plementary Medical Insurance Funds. 
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for the 
development and advancement of an interoperable national 
health information technology infrastructure, $58,100,000
(reduced by $12,000,000): Provided, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, $16,900,000 (increased by 
$12,000,000) shall be available from amounts under sec-
tion 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
health information technology network development. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978, as amended, $39,813,000: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, necessary sums are available 
for providing protective services to the Secretary and in-
vestigating non-payment of child support cases for which 
non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, $31,682,000, together with not to exceed 
$3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by
law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-
ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 
Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such 
amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to support activities related 
to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radio-
logical and chemical threats to civilian populations, and 
to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine production capac-
ity, the development and implementation of rapidly ex-
pandable influenza vaccine production technologies, and if 
determined necessary by the Secretary, the purchase of 
influenza 
vaccine, 
$183,589,000: 
Provided, 
That 
$120,000,000 of amounts available for influenza pre-
paredness shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That, in addition to the amount above, $8,589,000 
shall be transferred from amounts appropriated under the 
head ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training’’ for ac-
tivities authorized by section 319F–2(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act to be utilized consistent with section 
319F–2(c)(7)(B)(ii) of such Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses when specifically approved by 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act may be used to implement section 399F(b) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National In-
stitutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 
103–43. 
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall 
be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant 
or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Ex-
ecutive Level I.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
for Head Start shall be used to pay the compensation of 
an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as 
an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 
II. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public 
Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided 
for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made 
by any office located in the Department of Health and 
Human Services, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and 
submission of a report to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned 
uses of such funds. 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary 
shall determine, but not more than 1.3 percent, of any 
amounts appropriated for programs authorized under said 
Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, 
or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and effec-
tiveness of such programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 
which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the
Department of Health and Human Services in this Act 
may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That an appropriation 
may be increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject 
to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
granted by this section shall be available only to meet 
emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 
program or to fund any project or activity for which no 
funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 209. The Director of the National Institutes of 
Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS 
Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes 
and centers from the total amounts identified by these two 
Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human 
immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is 
promptly notified of the transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Of the amounts made available in this Act 
for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re-
search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as 
jointly determined by the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS 
Research, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 
Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 
Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-
essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public 
Health Service Act. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the 
award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family 
participation in the decision of minors to seek family plan-
ning services and that it provides counseling to minors on 
how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in 
sexual activities. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-
erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-
ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 
it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-
tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 
sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-
ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-
care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 
Advantage organization described in this section shall be 
responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor-
mation about all Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no provider of services under title X of the Public 
Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law 
requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 
SEC. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursu-
ant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300x–26) if such State certifies to the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2006, that the 
State will commit additional State funds, in accordance 
with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws 
prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals 
under 18 years of age. 
(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State 
under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such 
State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each 
percentage point by which the State misses the retailer
compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 1926 of such 
Act. 
(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in 
fiscal year 2006 for tobacco prevention programs and for 
compliance activities at a level that is not less than the 
level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fis-
cal year 2005, and adding to that level the additional 
funds for tobacco compliance activities required under 
subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Sec-
retary on all fiscal year 2005 State expenditures and all 
fiscal year 2006 obligations for tobacco prevention and 
compliance activities by program activity by July 31, 
2006. 
(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforc-
ing the timing of the State obligation of the additional 
funds required by the certification described in subsection 
(a) as late as July 31, 2006. 
(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to 
section 1926 from a territory that receives less than 
$1,000,000. 
SEC. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention to carry out international health ac-
tivities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease,
chronic and environmental disease, and other health ac-
tivities abroad during fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services—
(1) may exercise authority equivalent to that 
available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall consult with the Secretary of 
State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that 
the authority provided in this section is exercised in 
a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) and other ap-
plicable statutes administered by the Department of 
State, and 
(2) is authorized to provide such funds by ad-
vance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as 
may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, 
lease, alteration, renovation, and management of fa-
cilities outside of the United States for the use of 
the Department of Health and Human Services. The 
Department of State shall cooperate fully with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure 
that the Department of Health and Human Services 
has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 
with applicable regulation governing location, set-
back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 
purposes established by this Act. The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services is authorized, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, through grant 
or cooperative agreement, to make available to pub-
lic or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 
participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries 
as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for 
international health activities, including activities re-
lating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, 
chronic and environmental diseases, and other health 
activities abroad. 
SEC. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational 
Health hereafter may utilize personal services contracting 
to employ professional management/administrative and oc-
cupational health professionals. 
SEC. 217. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health may use funds available under section 
402(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(i)) 
to enter into transactions (other than contracts, coopera-
tive agreements, or grants) to carry out research in sup-
port of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health may utilize such peer review procedures 
(including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) 
as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain as-
sessments of scientific and technical merit. Such proce-
dures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer 
review and advisory council review procedures that would 
otherwise 
be 
required 
under 
sections 
301(a)(3), 
405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241, 
284(b)(1)(B), 284(b)(2), 284a(a)(3)(A), 289a, and 289c). 
SEC. 218. Funds which are available for Individual 
Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry may be transferred to 
‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training,’’ to be avail-
able only for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, 
That such funds may be used for any individual full-time 
equivalent employee while such employee is employed ei-
ther by CDC or ATSDR. 
SEC. 219. $15,912,000 of the unobligated balance of 
the Health Professions Student Loan program authorized 
in subpart II, Federally-Supported Student Loan Funds, 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act is rescinded.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A 
of 
the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965, 
$14,728,735,000, of which $7,144,426,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain available 
through 
September 
30, 
2007, 
and 
of 
which 
$7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, for academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That 
$6,934,854,000 shall be available for basic grants under 
section 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,472,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Edu-
cation on October 1, 2005, to obtain annually updated 
educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bu-
reau 
of 
the 
Census: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$1,365,031,000 shall be available for concentration grants 
under 
section 
1124A: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$2,269,843,000 shall be available for targeted grants 
under 
section 
1125: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$2,269,843,000 shall be available for education finance in-
centive grants under section 1125A: Provided further,
That $9,424,000 shall be available to carry out part E 
of title I: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be 
available for comprehensive school reform grants under 
part F of the ESEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$1,240,862,000, of which $1,102,896,000 shall be for 
basic 
support 
payments 
under 
section 
8003(b), 
$49,966,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-
abilities under section 8003(d), $18,000,000 shall be for 
construction under section 8007 and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007, $65,000,000 shall be 
for Federal property payments under section 8002, and 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, 
That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 
for an eligible local educational agency under section 
8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7703(a)) for school year 2005–2006, children 
enrolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise 
be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of 
such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or 
legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole
custody of such children, or due to the death of a military 
parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as 
such children reside on Federal property as described in 
section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such 
section, shall be considered as eligible students under such 
section, provided such students remain in average daily 
attendance at a school in the same local educational agen-
cy they attended prior to their change in eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles II, part B of title IV, part A of title 
V, parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title 
VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assist-
ance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, $5,393,765,000, of which $3,805,882,000 shall be-
come available on July 1, 2006, and remain available 
through 
September 
30, 
2007, 
and 
of 
which 
$1,435,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, for academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That 
$411,680,000 shall be for State assessments and related 
activities authorized under sections 6111 and 6112 of the
ESEA: Provided further, That $56,825,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
2002: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$12,132,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-
mental Education Grants program for the Federated 
States of Micronesia, and $6,051,000 shall be available 
to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program 
for the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of these amounts may be reserved 
by the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands to administer the Supplemental 
Education Grants programs and to obtain technical assist-
ance, oversight and consultancy services in the administra-
tion of these grants and to reimburse the United States 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education for such services. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 
not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $119,889,000. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 
title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 
II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(‘‘ESEA’’), $708,522,000: Provided, That $36,981,000 
shall be for subpart 2 of part B of title V: Provided fur-
ther, That $127,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part D of title V of the ESEA, of which $100,000,000 
of the funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive grants 
to local educational agencies, including charter schools 
that are local educational agencies, or States, or partner-
ships of (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both 
and (2) at least one non-profit organization to develop and 
implement performance-based teacher and principal com-
pensation systems in high-need areas: Provided further, 
That such performance-based compensation systems must 
consider gains in student achievement, among other fac-
tors, and may reward educators who choose to work in 
hard-to-staff schools: Provided further, That up to 
$700,000 of the funds available under title V, part D, sub-
part 1 of the ESEA may be used for evaluation of the 
program carried out under the DC School Choice Incentive 
Act of 2003. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 
of part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 
3, and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), $763,870,000, 
of which $400,000,000, shall become available on July 1,
2006, and remain available through September 30, 2007: 
Provided, That $400,000,000 shall be available for sub-
part 1 of part A of title IV and $152,537,000 shall be 
available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV: Provided fur-
ther, That $132,621,000 shall be available to carry out 
part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That of 
the funds available to carry out subpart 3 of part C of 
title II, up to $12,193,000 may be used to carry out sec-
tion 2345 and $3,035,000 shall be used by the Center for 
Civic Education to implement a comprehensive program 
to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support 
of the Congress and the State legislatures. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$675,765,000, which shall become available on July 1, 
2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 
available on October 1, 2005, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2007, to carry out activities under 
section 3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education 
Act, 
$11,813,783,000, 
of 
which 
$6,202,804,000 shall become available for obligation on 
July 1, 2006, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2007, and of which $5,413,000,000 shall be-
come available on October 1, 2006, and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007, for academic year 
2006–2007: Provided, That $11,400,000 shall be for Re-
cording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., to support the 
development, production, and circulation of recorded edu-
cational materials: Provided further, That the amount for 
section 611(b)(2) of the Act shall be equal to the amount 
available for that activity during fiscal year 2005, in-
creased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 
619(d)(2)(B) of the Act. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech-
nology Act of 1998 (‘‘the AT Act’’), and the Helen Keller 
National Center Act, $3,128,638,000: Provided, That 
$29,760,000 shall be used for carrying out the AT Act, 
including $4,385,000 for State grants for protection and 
advocacy under section 5 of the AT Act and $5,086,000 
shall be for alternative financing programs under section 
4(b)(2)(D) of the AT Act: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share of grants for alternative financing programs 
shall not exceed 75 percent, and the requirements in sec-
tion 301(c)(2) and section 302 of the AT Act (as in effect
on the day before the date of enactment of the Assistive 
Technology Act of 2004) shall not apply to such grants. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as 
amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $17,000,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 
of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $56,137,000, of which 
$800,000 shall be for construction and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 
et seq.), $107,657,000: Provided, That from the total 
amount available, the University may at its discretion use 
funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 1998, the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act, and subparts 4 and 11 of part D of title V 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), $1,991,782,000, of which $1,196,058,000 
shall become available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007, and of which 
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2006, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2007: 
Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult Edu-
cation State Grants, $68,581,000 shall be made available 
for integrated English literacy and civics education serv-
ices to immigrants and other limited English proficient 
populations: Provided further, That of the amount re-
served for integrated English literacy and civics education, 
notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to 
States based on a State’s absolute need as determined by 
calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immi-
grants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 
most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that 
experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3
most recent years for which Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service data for immigrants admitted for legal perma-
nent residence are available, except that no State shall be 
allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available for the Adult Edu-
cation and Family Literacy Act, $9,096,000 shall be for 
national leadership activities under section 243 and 
$6,638,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy 
under section 242: Provided further, That $94,476,000 
shall be available to support the activities authorized 
under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to 5 
percent shall become available October 1, 2005, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2007, for evalua-
tion, technical assistance, school networking, peer review 
of applications, and program outreach activities, and of 
which not less than 95 percent shall become available on 
July 1, 2006, and remain available through September 30, 
2007, for grants to local educational agencies: Provided 
further, That funds made available to local education agen-
cies under this subpart shall be used only for activities 
related to establishing smaller learning communities in 
high schools.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part 
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended, $15,283,752,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2006–2007 shall be $4,100. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to 
funds made available under section 458), to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts 
B, C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as amended, $124,084,000. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), as amend-
ed, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
tional and Technical Education Act, $1,936,936,000 (in-
creased by $27,000,000): Provided, That $9,797,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2007, shall be 
available to fund fellowships for academic year 2007–2008 
under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under
the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or any regulation, the Secretary of Education shall not 
require the use of a restricted indirect cost rate for grants 
issued pursuant to section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vo-
cational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Provided 
further, That $980,000 is for data collection and evalua-
tion activities for programs under the HEA, including 
such activities needed to comply with the Government Per-
formance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and 
section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and 
study in foreign countries by individuals who are partici-
pating in advanced foreign language training and inter-
national studies in areas that are vital to United States 
national security and who plan to apply their language 
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of gov-
ernment, the professions, or international development: 
Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the pre-
ceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program 
evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemina-
tion activities: Provided further, That the funds provided
for title II of the HEA shall be allocated notwithstanding 
section 210 of such Act. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 
121 et seq.), $240,790,000, of which not less than 
$3,524,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pur-
suant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public 
Law 98–480) and shall remain available until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended 
$573,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds 
insured pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, shall not exceed 
$357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall 
not exceed zero. 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $210,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, as amended, the Na-
tional Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization 
Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities 
Education 
Act, 
$522,696,000, 
of 
which 
$271,560,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$418,992,000. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $91,526,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $49,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 
school or school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school 
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 
requiring special education, to the school offering such 
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
tering. The prohibition described in this section does not 
include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may 
be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 
which are appropriated for the Department of Education 
in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 
percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. In addition, for carrying out subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
$4,300,000,000 for the purpose of eliminating the esti-
mated accumulated shortfall of budget authority for such 
subpart for awards made through the award year 2005–
2006, pursuant to section 303 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2006. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established by Public Law 92–28, $4,669,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $357,962,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to the Corporation for National and Community 
Service in this Act for activities authorized by section 122 
of part C of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide 
stipends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or vol-
unteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the 
national poverty level: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 122(c) of the Act, the Corporation shall 
make available up to $2,000,000 under part C of title I 
of the Act in a grant to support Teach for America’s ef-
forts to address educational inequity in low-income rural 
and urban communities. 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in car-
rying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 
(42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $523,087,000 (reduced by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That not more than $270,000,000 (re-
duced by $2,500,000) of the amount provided under this 
heading shall be available for grants under the National 
Service Trust Program authorized under subtitle C of title 
I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activi-
ties of the AmeriCorps program), including grants to orga-
nizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Edu-
cation Awards Program (without regard to the require-
ments of sections 121 (d) and (e), section 131(e), section 
132, and sections 140 (a), (d), and (e) of the Act): Pro-
vided further, That not less than $146,000,000 of the 
amount provided under this heading, to remain available 
without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the 
National Service Trust for educational awards authorized
under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), 
of which up to $4,000,000 shall be available to support 
national service scholarships for high school students per-
forming community service, and of which $10,000,000 
shall be held in reserve as defined in Public Law 108–
45: Provided further, That in addition to amounts other-
wise provided to the National Service Trust under the sec-
ond proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from the 
amount provided under the first proviso, to the National 
Service Trust authorized under subtitle D of title I of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12601) upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for grants under the National Service 
Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of 
the Act, not more than $55,000,000 may be used to ad-
minister, reimburse, or support any national service pro-
gram authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more 
than $9,945,000 shall be available for quality and innova-
tion activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.), of which $4,000,000 shall 
be available for challenge grants to non-profit organiza-
tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding subtitle H
of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853), none of the funds 
provided under the previous proviso shall be used to sup-
port salaries and related expenses (including travel) attrib-
utable to Corporation employees: Provided further, That 
to the maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated under 
subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be provided in a man-
ner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer 
review panels in order to ensure that priority is given to 
programs 
that 
demonstrate 
quality, 
innovation, 
replicability, and sustainability: Provided further, That 
$25,500,000 of the funds made available under this head-
ing shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps 
authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12611 et seq.): Provided further, That $40,000,000 (re-
duced by $2,500,000) shall be available for school-based 
and community-based service-learning programs author-
ized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 
et seq.): Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be avail-
able for audits and other evaluations authorized under sec-
tion 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, 
That $10,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be made available for the Points of Light 
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of which not more than 
$2,500,000 may be used to support an endowment fund,
the corpus of which shall remain intact and the interest 
income from which shall be used to support activities de-
scribed in title III of the Act, provided that the Founda-
tion may invest the corpus and income in federally insured 
bank savings accounts or comparable interest bearing ac-
counts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, mu-
tual funds, obligations of the United States, and other 
market instruments and securities but not in real estate 
investments: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for national service programs run by Federal 
agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That $5,000,000 of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available to America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth, 
Inc.: Provided further, That to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the 
level of matching funds and in-kind contributions provided 
by the private sector, and shall reduce the total Federal 
costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of the 
funds provided under this heading, not more than 
$12,642,000 shall be made available to provide assistance 
to state commissions on national and community service 
under section 126(a) of the Act: Provided further, That 
the Corporation may use up to one percent of program