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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 transportation 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 
includes 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 clustering. The prohibition described in 
this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Education in this Act may be transferred between appro-
priations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 
15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. For an additional amount to carry out subpart 1 
of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for 
the purpose of eliminating the estimated accumulated shortfall 
of budget authority for such subpart, $4,300,000,000, pursuant to 
section 303 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 306. Subpart 12 of part D of title V of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7265 et seq.) 
is amended—
(1) in section 5522(b) (20 U.S.C. 7265a(b)), by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(4) To authorize and develop cultural and educational 
programs relating to any Federally recognized Indian tribe 
in Mississippi.’’; 
(2) in section 5523 (20 U.S.C. 7265b)—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (8) 
as paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: 
‘‘(6) The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Choctaw, 
Mississippi.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Cultural and educational programs relating to any 
Federally recognized Indian tribe in Mississippi.’’; and 
(3) in section 5525(1) (20 U.S.C. 7265d(1))—
(A) in subparagraph (a), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in 
Choctaw, Mississippi.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations 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 Purchase 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 National and 
Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $316,212,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available to the Corporation for 
National and Community Service in this Act for activities author-
ized 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 
volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the national 
poverty level. 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in carrying out programs, 
activities, and initiatives under the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 
$520,087,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Pro-
vided, That not more than $267,500,000 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 activities of the 
AmeriCorps program), including grants to organizations operating 
projects under the AmeriCorps Education Awards Program (without 
regard to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), section 131(e), 
section 132, and sections 140(a), (d), and (e) of the Act: Provided 
further, That not less than $140,000,000 of the amount provided 
under this heading, to remain available without fiscal year limita-
tion, shall be transferred to the National Service Trust for edu-
cational 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 
performing community service, and of which $7,000,000 shall be 
held in reserve as defined in Public Law 108–45: Provided further, 
That in addition to amounts otherwise provided to the National
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Service Trust under the second 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 Congress: 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 
administer, reimburse, or support any national service program 
authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more than $16,445,000 
shall be available for quality and innovation activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): 
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 support salaries and related 
expenses (including travel) attributable to Corporation employees: 
Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds appro-
priated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be provided 
in a manner 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 sustain-
ability: Provided further, That $27,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the Civilian Commu-
nity Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That $37,500,000 shall 
be available for school-based and community-based service-learning 
programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be 
available for audits and other evaluations authorized under section 
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 described in title 
III of the Act, provided that the Foundation may invest the corpus 
and income in federally insured bank savings accounts or com-
parable interest bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, money 
market funds, mutual 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 
practicable, 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
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under section 126(a) of the Act: Provided further, That the Corpora-
tion may use up to 1 percent of program grant funds made available 
under this heading to defray its costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) and under section 504(a) of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment 
of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $66,750,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term ‘‘qualified 
student loan’’ with respect to national service education awards 
shall mean any loan determined by an institution of higher edu-
cation to be necessary to cover a student’s cost of attendance at 
such institution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a 
student by a State agency, in addition to other meanings under 
section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made avail-
able under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and Community 
Service Act to assist entities in placing applicants who are individ-
uals with disabilities may be provided to any entity that receives 
a grant under section 121 of the Act. 
The Inspector General of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service shall conduct random audits of the grantees 
that administer activities under the AmeriCorps programs and 
shall levy sanctions in accordance with standard Inspector General 
audit resolution procedures which include, but are not limited to, 
debarment of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity 
with substantially the same person or persons in control) that 
has been determined to have committed any substantial violations 
of the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs, including any 
grantee that has been determined to have violated the prohibition 
of using Federal funds to lobby the Congress: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall obtain reimbursements in the amount of 
any misused funds from any grantee that has been determined 
to have committed any substantial violations of the requirements 
of the AmeriCorps programs. 
For fiscal year 2006, the Corporation shall make any significant 
changes to program requirements or policy only through public 
notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2006, during any 
grant selection process, no officer or employee of the Corporation 
shall knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information 
regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other