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and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September
30, 2006, and for other purposes, under this heading is
deemed to be amended with respect to amounts made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’ for the Mitchell Institute by striking ‘‘educational
purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘the science and engineering edu-
cation endowment’’.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 9004. Section 613 of the Science, State, Justice,
Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
(Public Law 109–108; 119 Stat. 2338) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Clark County Department of Aviation, Las Vegas,’’
and inserting ‘‘University of Nevada Las Vegas,’’.
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 9005. Funds appropriated in this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in or pursuant to this
Act, 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).
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT—DEFENSE
SEC. 9006. Sec. 8044 of Public Law 109–148 (119
Stat. 2708) is amended as follows: After ‘‘Defense,’’ and be-
fore ‘‘acting’’ insert, ‘‘notwithstanding any other provision
of law,’’.
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INVESTIGATIONS, LOUISIANA HURRICANE STUDY COST
SHARING
SEC. 9007. The $12,000,000 provided in division B,
chapter 3 of title I, Investigations, of Public Law 109–148
(119 Stat. 2761) for the Louisiana hurricane protection
study shall be at full Federal expense.
MISSISSIPPI RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES
SEC. 9008. Chapter 3, under division B of title I of
Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2762) under the heading
‘‘Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkan-
sas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
and Tennessee’’ is modified by inserting the following before
the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That the Corps is directed
to expedite and accelerate completion of any study or any
unconstructed portion of the Mississippi River and Tribu-
taries project for the flood and storm damage reduction
projects in the south Louisiana area’’: Provided, That the
amount provided under this heading is designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con.
Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2006.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER-GULF OUTLET
SEC. 9009. Chapter 3, under division B of title I of
Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2762) under the heading
‘‘Operations and Maintenance’’ is modified by inserting the
following before the last proviso: ‘‘: Provided further, That
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$75,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be used for
the repair, construction or provision of measures or struc-
tures necessary to protect, restore or increase wetlands, to
prevent saltwater intrusion or storm surge’’: Provided, That
the amount provided under this heading is designated as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H.
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2006.
SHORE PROTECTION
SEC. 9010. Section 227 of Public Law 104–303 is
modified as follows:
(1) Section 5(a) is amended by striking ‘‘6’’, and
inserting ‘‘7’’ in lieu thereof.
(2) Section 5(e)(2) is amended by striking
‘‘$21,000,000’’, and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’ in lieu
thereof.
RECLAMATION STATES EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT
OF 1991
SEC. 9011. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation
States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C.
2214(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’ in lieu thereof.
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) is amended
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
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1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’ in lieu thereof.
REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS
SEC. 9012. None of the funds made available before,
on, or after the date of enactment of this Act in an appro-
priations Act may be expended to prevent or limit any re-
programming of funds for a project to be carried out by
the Corps of Engineers using funds appropriated in any
Act making appropriations for energy and water develop-
ment, based on whether the project was included by the
President in the budget transmitted under section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, or is otherwise proposed by
the President or considered part of the budget by the Office
of Management and Budget, if the project received funds
in an Act making appropriations for energy and water de-
velopment or any other appropriations Act making addi-
tional funds available for energy and water development.
BONNEVILLE POWER AUTHORITY
SEC. 9013. None of the funds made available under
this or any other Act shall be used during fiscal year 2006
or previous to April 1, 2007 to make, or plan or prepare
to make, any payment on bonds issued by the Adminis-
trator of the Bonneville Power Administration (referred in
this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) or for an appropriated
Federal Columbia River Power System investment, if the
payment is both—
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(1) greater, during any fiscal year, than the
payments calculated in the rate hearing of the Ad-
ministrator to be made during that fiscal year using
the repayment method used to establish the rates of
the Administrator as in effect on February 6, 2006;
and
(2) based or conditioned on the actual or ex-
pected net secondary power sales receipts of the Ad-
ministrator.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
SEC. 9014. (a) RESCISSION.—Of the funds available
for ‘‘Screening Coordination and Operations’’, $3,960,000
are rescinded.
(b) SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an addi-
tional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Execu-
tive Management’’, $3,960,000.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—U.S. GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
SEC. 9015. For an additional amount for ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Sur-
veys, Investigations, and Research’’, $500,000, to remain
available until expended, for assistance with assessments of
critical reservoirs and dams, including the monitoring of
dam structures: Provided, That the amount provided under
this heading is designated as an emergency requirement
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pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2006.
SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT
SEC. 9016. Section 402(b) of the Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) is
amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2007’’.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—OFFICE OF JOB CORPS
SEC. 9017. Notwithstanding section 102 of the Depart-
ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
(Public Law 109–149), none of the funds made available
under this Act or under the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2006, shall be expended for any activ-
ity that—
(1) is related to carrying out Order 09–2006 of
the Secretary of Labor; or
(2) transfers the Office of Job Corps but does not
establish the Office of Job Corps as a single office
within the Office of the Secretary that retains all
staff, functions and authorities related to carrying out
subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.).
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR—MINE SAFETY
SEC. 9018. For an additional amount for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration,
Salaries and Expenses’’, $25,600,000 for the inspection of
coal mines: Provided, That progress reports on hiring shall
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations on a quarterly basis, with the first report due
June 15, 2006: Provided further, That the amounts pro-
vided under this heading shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007: Provided further, That the amount pro-
vided under this heading is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95
(109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2006.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL—MINE SAFETY
SEC. 9019. For an additional amount for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research and
Training’’, to carry out section 501 of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977, $10,000,000 for research
to develop mine safety technology including grants and con-
tracts: Provided, That progress reports on technology devel-
opment shall be submitted to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations on a quarterly basis, with the
first report due June 15, 2006: Provided further, That the
amounts provided under this heading shall remain avail-
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able until September 30, 2007: Provided further, That the
amount provided under this heading is designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con.
Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That unex-
pended balances for Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration grant number 7C6HF03601–01–00, appropriated
in Public Law 106–554, shall remain available until ex-
pended.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
SEC. 9020. Public Law 109–149 (119 Stat. 2876)
under the heading ‘‘Railroad Retirement Board, Dual Ben-
efits Payments Account’’ is amended by striking ‘‘propor-
tional to the amount by which the product of recipients and
the average benefit received exceeds $97,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to the amount by which the product of recipients
and the average benefit received exceeds the amount avail-
able for payment of vested dual benefits’’ in lieu thereof.
HEAD START REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 9021. Section 224 of Public Law 109–149 (119
Stat. 2862) is amended by striking ‘‘June’’ and inserting
‘‘December’’ in lieu thereof.
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 9022. None of the funds appropriated in Public
Law 109–149 under the heading Employment and Train-
ing Administration shall be used to pay the compensation
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of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level
II. Where Employment and Training Administration funds
appropriated in Public Law 109–149 are used for com-
pensation of an individual, the total Federal funding that
may go to compensation of that individual shall not exceed
a rate in excess of Executive Level II. States may establish
a lower limit of total compensation for those receiving com-
pensation from Employment and Training Administration
funding employed in that State, taking into account factors
including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the com-
pensation levels for comparable State or local government
employees, and the size of the organizations that administer
Federal programs involved including Employment and
Training Administration programs.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 9023. Section 2401 of the Military Construction
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–
163) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
after 
‘‘Augusta’’,
‘‘$61,466,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof
‘‘$340,854,000’’. This project may be incrementally funded.
Funds appropriated in Public Law 109–114 for this project
shall be available to fund the first increment.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 9024. Section 2401 of the Military Construction
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–
163) is amended by striking after ‘‘Kunia’’, ‘‘$305,000,000’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$350,490,000’’. The project
may be incrementally funded. Funds appropriated in Pub-
lic Laws 108–7, 108–87, and 109–114 for this project shall
be available to fund the first increment.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 9025. Section 2846 of the Military Construction
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (division B of Pub-
lic Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1320), as amended by section
2865 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2005 (division B of Public Law 108–375; 118
Stat. 2149) is further amended by striking ‘‘840 acres’’ and
inserting ‘‘1,540 acres’’.
DETAIL AUTHORITY FOR DOT
SEC. 9026. Section 171 of Public Law 109–115 (119
Stat. 2426) is amended by inserting before the period at
the end of the following ‘‘: Provided, That the Department’s
Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response
may assess and enter into reimbursable agreements with the
modal administrations for services necessary to carry out
emergency preparedness or emergency response activities, as
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determined by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary is authorized to detail modal administration
employees to the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emer-
gency Response without reimbursement and for fixed peri-
ods of time, as determined by the Secretary, only insofar
as necessary to carry out emergency preparedness or emer-
gency response activities: Provided further, That the De-
partment shall transmit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a
quarterly report that provides information describing any
reimbursable agreements or personnel details carried out in
accordance with this section’’.
EMERGENCY HIGHWAY FUNDS
SEC. 9027. Under the heading ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation, Federal Highway Administration, Emergency
Relief Program’’ in Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2778),
strike ‘‘$629,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$803,000,000’’.
LIMITATION ON CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION ACTIONS
SEC. 9028. None of the funds made available by this
or any other Act may be used to issue or implement a deci-
sion on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (70 Fed. Reg.
67389) that proposes to change the Department’s long-
standing interpretation of ‘‘actual control’’ of an airline for
purposes of section 40102(a)(15) of title 49, United States
Code, issue any final rule, or make any fitness determina-
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tion under section 41102 of that title that would change
the Department of Transportation’s long-standing interpre-
tation concerning what constitutes ‘‘actual control’’ of an
airline for purposes of section 40102(a)(15) of such title,
or to submit a final rule to the Congress under chapter 8
of title 5, United States Code, that would change that inter-
pretation.
DOJ AND TREASURY FUNDING FOR INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 9029. (a) Funds appropriated for intelligence ac-
tivities, or made available by the transfer of funds, by this
Act, by Public Law 109–108 for the Department of Justice,
or by Public Law 109–115 for the Department of the Treas-
ury, are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Con-
gress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended, (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year
2006 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2006.
(b) Subsection (a) shall be effective:
(1) with respect to funds appropriated, or made
available by the transfer of funds, by this Act, upon
the enactment of this Act;
(2) with respect to funds appropriated, or made
available by the transfer of funds, by Public Law
109–108 for the Department of Justice, as if enacted
on the date of enactment of Public Law 109–108; and