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chase and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $279,851,000: 
Provided, That $272,958,000 of offsetting collections shall 
be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I 
of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2005 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2005 appropriation 
estimated at $6,893,000: Provided further, That any off-
setting collections received in excess of $272,958,000 in 
fiscal year 2005 shall remain available until expended, but 
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2005. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $203,430,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for 
collection services in accordance with the terms of 31
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U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $101,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided further, That $21,901,000 in offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 
the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
Telephone Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act 
(15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this account, 
and be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2005, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2005 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$80,529,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 
used to implement or enforce subsections (a), (e), or 
(f)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t) or section 151(b) of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 
(12 U.S.C. 1831t note).
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HELP COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the HELP Commission, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $335,282,000, of which $316,604,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$2,573,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $13,160,000 is for manage-
ment and administration; and $2,945,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 from amounts previously appropriated 
under this heading may be used for a student loan repay-
ment pilot program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to
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the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2004 and 
2005, respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 
$1,890,000. 
NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Veterans 
Business Development Corporation as authorized under 
section 33(a) of the Small Business Act, $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $913,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used to-
ward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
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national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of 
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex-
penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 
officials, members of their delegations, appropriate rep-
resentatives and staff to exchange views concerning devel-
opments relating to securities matters, development and 
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se-
curities matters and provision of technical assistance for 
the development of foreign securities markets, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings 
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in 
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re-
lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and 
charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g) 
and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited to this ac-
count as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $893,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of this 
account: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be de-