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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $375,838,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$8,982,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $106,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
278c–278e, 
$43,132,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft;
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grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi-
zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 
to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as 
authorized, $2,245,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006: Provided, That fees and donations re-
ceived by the National Ocean Service for the management 
of the national marine sanctuaries may be retained and 
used for the salaries and expenses associated with those 
activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur-
ther, That, in addition, $79,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop 
Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American 
Fisheries’’: Provided further, That, of the $2,337,000,000 
provided for in direct obligations under this heading (of 
which $2,245,000,000 is appropriated from the General 
Fund, $79,000,000 is provided by transfer, and 
$13,000,000 is derived from deobligations from prior 
years), $351,000,000 shall be for the National Ocean 
Service, $525,700,000 shall be for the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, $318,500,000 shall be for Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Research, $698,700,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Weather Service, $139,500,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information 
Service, and $303,600,000 shall be for Program Support: 
Provided further, That no general administrative charge
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shall be applied against an assigned activity included in 
this Act or the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration corporate services 
administrative 
support 
costs 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$173,600,000: Provided further, That any deviation from 
the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 
accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances 
of funds provided under this heading in previous years 
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 
of this Act. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for medical care of re-
tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of 
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$840,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That of the amounts provided for the Na-
tional Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite 
System, funds shall only be made available on a dollar for 
dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same