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PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap-
ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $910,700,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2008. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Army’’, $335,780,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Army’’, $3,916,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Navy’’, $151,537,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procurement, 
Navy’’, $56,700,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008.
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $48,485,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2008. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Navy’’, $116,048,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 
Corps’’, $2,303,700,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $118,058,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $17,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $17,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008.
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PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense- 
Wide’’, $132,075,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $72,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR 
FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $17,800,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2007. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $2,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2007. 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Cap-
ital Funds’’, $2,716,400,000.
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OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 
Counter-drug Activities, Defense’’, $27,620,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, TITLE IX 
SEC. 9001. Appropriations provided in this title are 
available for obligation until September 30, 2006, unless 
otherwise so provided in this title. 
SEC. 9002. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or of this Act, funds made available in this title are 
in addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9003. Upon his determination that such action 
is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary of De-
fense 
may 
transfer 
between 
appropriations 
up 
to 
$2,500,000,000 of the funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense in this title: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer made 
pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided further, 
That the authority provided in this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department 
of Defense and is subject to the same terms and conditions 
as the authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 9004. Funds appropriated in this title, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in or pursuant to this
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title, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). 
SEC. 9005. None of the funds provided in this title may 
be used to finance programs or activities denied by Congress 
in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 appropriations to the De-
partment of Defense or to initiate a procurement or re-
search, development, test and evaluation new start program 
without prior written notification to the congressional de-
fense committees. 
SEC. 9006. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, from funds made available in this title to the Depart-
ment of Defense for operation and maintenance, not to ex-
ceed $500,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to train, 
equip and provide related assistance only to the New Iraqi 
Army and the Afghan National Army to enhance their ca-
pability to combat terrorism and to support U.S. military 
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That such 
assistance may include the provision of equipment, sup-
plies, services, training and funding: Provided further, That 
the authority to provide assistance under this section is in 
addition to any other authority to provide assistance to for-
eign nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall notify the congressional defense committees, the
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Committee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate not less than 15 days before providing assistance 
under the authority of this section. 
SEC. 9007. (a) From funds made available in this title 
to the Department of Defense, not to exceed $500,000,000 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
to fund the Commander’s Emergency Response Program, 
for the purpose of enabling military commanders in Iraq 
to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction 
requirements within their areas of responsibility by car-
rying out programs that will immediately assist the Iraqi 
people, and to fund a similar program to assist the people 
of Afghanistan. 
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter (beginning with 
the first quarter of fiscal year 2006), the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report regarding the source of funds and the allocation 
and use of funds during that quarter that were made avail-
able pursuant to the authority provided in this section or 
under any other provision of law for the purposes of the 
programs under subsection (a). 
SEC. 9008. Amounts provided in this title for oper-
ations in Iraq and Afghanistan may be used by the Depart-
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ment of Defense for the purchase of heavy and light armored 
vehicles for force protection purposes, notwithstanding price 
or other limitations specified elsewhere in this Act, or any 
other provision of law: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit a report in writing no later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal quarter notifying the congres-
sional defense committees of any purchase described in this 
section, including the cost, purposes, and quantities of vehi-
cles purchased. 
SEC. 9009. During the current fiscal year, funds avail-
able to the Department of Defense for operation and mainte-
nance may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, includ-
ing airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to coali-
tion forces supporting military and stability operations in 
Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional de-
fense committees regarding support provided under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 9010. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter 
through the end of fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of Defense 
shall set forth in a report to Congress a comprehensive set 
of performance indicators and measures for progress toward 
military and political stability in Iraq.
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(b) The report shall include performance standards 
and goals for security, economic, and security force training 
objectives in Iraq together with a notional timetable for 
achieving these goals. 
(c) In specific, the report requires, at a minimum, the 
following: 
(1) With respect to stability and security in 
Iraq, the following: 
(A) Key measures of political stability, in-
cluding the important political milestones that 
must be achieved over the next several years. 
(B) The primary indicators of a stable secu-
rity environment in Iraq, such as number of en-
gagements per day, numbers of trained Iraqi 
forces, and trends relating to numbers and types 
of ethnic and religious-based hostile encounters. 
(C) An assessment of the estimated strength 
of the insurgency in Iraq and the extent to which 
it is composed of non-Iraqi fighters. 
(D) A description of all militias operating 
in Iraq, including the number, size, equipment 
strength, military effectiveness, sources of sup-
port, legal status, and efforts to disarm or re-
integrate each militia.
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(E) Key indicators of economic activity that 
should be considered the most important for de-
termining the prospects of stability in Iraq, in-
cluding— 
(i) unemployment levels; 
(ii) electricity, water, and oil produc-
tion rates; and 
(iii) hunger and poverty levels. 
(F) The criteria the Administration will use 
to determine when it is safe to begin with-
drawing United States forces from Iraq. 
(2) With respect to the training and performance 
of security forces in Iraq, the following: 
(A) The training provided Iraqi military 
and other Ministry of Defense forces and the 
equipment used by such forces. 
(B) Key criteria for assessing the capabili-
ties and readiness of the Iraqi military and 
other Ministry of Defense forces, goals for achiev-
ing certain capability and readiness levels (as 
well as for recruiting, training, and equipping 
these forces), and the milestones and notional 
timetable for achieving these goals. 
(C) The operational readiness status of the 
Iraqi military forces, including the type, num-
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ber, size, and organizational structure of Iraqi 
battalions that are— 
(i) 
capable 
of 
conducting 
counterinsurgency 
operations 
independ-
ently; 
(ii) 
capable 
of 
conducting 
counterinsurgency operations with the sup-
port of United States or coalition forces; or 
(iii) 
not 
ready 
to 
conduct 
counterinsurgency operations. 
(D) The rates of absenteeism in the Iraqi 
military forces and the extent to which insur-
gents have infiltrated such forces. 
(E) The training provided Iraqi police and 
other Ministry of Interior forces and the equip-
ment used by such forces. 
(F) Key criteria for assessing the capabili-
ties and readiness of the Iraqi police and other 
Ministry of Interior forces, goals for achieving 
certain capability and readiness levels (as well 
as for recruiting, training, and equipping), and 
the milestones and notional timetable for achiev-
ing these goals, including—
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(i) the number of police recruits that 
have received classroom training and the 
duration of such instruction; 
(ii) the number of veteran police offi-
cers who have received classroom instruction 
and the duration of such instruction; 
(iii) the number of police candidates 
screened by the Iraqi Police Screening Serv-
ice, the number of candidates derived from 
other entry procedures, and the success rates 
of those groups of candidates; 
(iv) the number of Iraqi police forces 
who have received field training by inter-
national police trainers and the duration of 
such instruction; and 
(v) attrition rates and measures of ab-
senteeism and infiltration by insurgents. 
(G) The estimated total number of Iraqi 
battalions needed for the Iraqi security forces to 
perform duties now being undertaken by coali-
tion forces, including defending the borders of 
Iraq and providing adequate levels of law and 
order throughout Iraq.
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(H) The effectiveness of the Iraqi military 
and police officer cadres and the chain of com-
mand. 
(I) The number of United States and coali-
tion advisors needed to support the Iraqi secu-
rity forces and associated ministries. 
(J) An assessment, in a classified annex if 
necessary, of United States military require-
ments, 
including 
planned 
force 
rotations, 
through the end of calendar year 2006. 
SEC. 9011. Congress, consistent with international and 
United States law, reaffirms that torture of prisoners of war 
and detainees is illegal and does not reflect the policies of 
the United States Government or the values of the people 
of the United States. 
SEC. 9012. Supervision and administration costs asso-
ciated with a construction project funded with appropria-
tions available for operation and maintenance, and exe-
cuted in direct support of the Global War on Terrorism only 
in Iraq and Afghanistan, may be obligated at the time a 
construction contract is awarded: Provided, That for the 
purpose of this section, supervision and administration 
costs include all in-house Government cost. 
SEC. 9013. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this title are designated as making appropria-
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tions for contingency operations related to the global war 
on terrorism pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2006. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
Calendar No. 230 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H.R. 2863 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 21, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 
Reported with an amendment